Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was elected to Congress, she's brought a refreshing and powerfully passionate energy to Washington, DC. Whether she's at a protest or on the House floor, Ocasio-Cortez ...

Donovan Livingston knew the stakes were high this year when he was asked to deliver a commencement address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches. Ten years ago, he was ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed multiple times Friday while discussing artificial intelligence during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in the pouring rain on Saturday morning, in which he accused former “foolish and feckless ...

Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty. Watching the clips, and then the reactions, and then reading stories about the reactions, and then taking in blog-style, big-idea conclusions about what ...

With tassels dangling, college graduates cheered the politicians, musicians, CEOs, ballerinas and scientists who shared jokes and wisdom at graduation ceremonies this spring. They also protested, ...

It’s time to write your college application essay! Naturally you’re trying to decide which of your many life-changing, earth-shattering, mind-blowing experiences to write about in order to wow the ...

Mary Hall is a editor for Investopedia's Advisor Insights, in addition to being the editor of several books and doctoral papers. Mary received her bachelor's in English from Kent State University with ...

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the ...