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The bullet train turns 60
An Amtrak Acela train with the Philadelphia city skyline in the background

An Amtrak Acela passenger train heads south after leaving 30th Street Station.

(Image: AP Photo/David Boe)

The bullet train turns 60

In both Asia and Europe, high-speed rail knits regions, countries, and continents together. What will it take to see more rail infrastructure in the U.S.?

Kristina Linnea García

A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs
Nine people stand in front of office cubicles. Above them, a string of national flags

Henry Franklin spent the summer interning in the Office of International Business Development. Franklin, an economics and cinema studies major from Yardley, Pennsylvania, spent his time shadowing teams, researching, writing reports, and working on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 10-year economic plan.

(Image: Henry Franklin)

A summer in Harrisburg with an eye on global affairs

Henry Franklin, a second-year economics and cinema studies major, spent his summer interning in Pennsylvania’s Office of International Business Development.

Kristina Linnea García

Teaching civics helps to understand government — and how to change it for the better

Teaching civics helps to understand government — and how to change it for the better

A survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that 35% of Americans are unable to name all three branches of their country’s government. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is quoted: “Civics knowledge matters. Those who do not understand the rights protected by the Constitution can neither cherish nor invoke them.”