Commentary - America's Future

By Lydia Pitea • Feb 26,2021 Culture, Leadership

5 Good Things TikTok Brought Us

As a Millennial, I’m firmly in the anti-TikTok camp. From my point of view, social media rots your brain, makes you sad(der) and ultimately wastes your time. Though, that’s not...

By John Dale Grover • Feb 25,2021 Career Advice, Professional Development

Launch Your Career with These Three Professional Certifications

Degree inflation is real. According to the Census Bureau, the number of Americans who are at least twenty five years old with advanced degrees jumped dramatically over the last two...

By AF Editors • Feb 24,2021 Career Advice, Professional Development

Reads of the Week: Doctor Shortages, Tech Industry Competition, and Restoring Trust in US Foreign Policy

Each week, we’ll be featuring opinion pieces from the alumni and current participants of AF’s Writing Fellows Program. A few highlights from the past week are below. Do you dream...

By Chelsea Schick • Feb 23,2021 Culture, Leadership

What Daphne Bridgerton Can Teach Us About Self-Empowerment

Bridgerton took the binge-watching world by storm when 82 million households tuned in, smashing the previous record of 76 million held by The Witcher. The drama follows the young, wealthy, and...

By John Dale Grover • Feb 22,2021 Professional Development

How to Quickly and Affordably Improve Your Hard Skills

A lot of recent or soon-to-be graduates wonder if they have learned enough to help them land a decent job, especially as the economy continues to recover from the ongoing...

By Claire Kittle Dixon • Feb 19,2021 Career Advice, Leadership, Professional Development

Want to Work in the Liberty Movement? The 7 Data Points You Need to Know.

This will shock no one to hear, but I’m a bit of a dork – A data dork, if you want to get specific. Give me a glass of red...