Pundits are projecting the midterm elections will turn 2018 into the “year of women” with more women running for political office than ever before. But in the shadow of Hillary Clinton’s failed bid to be the first woman president, big questions still loom about how women voters view women as candidates. New research shows that marital status plays a big role in who women vote for.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are scrambling to revise their health care bill in hopes of achieving the party’s long-time goal of replacing the Affordable Care Act. They claim it will increase competition and reduce spiraling health care costs. But four decades of the current private insurance system – and the ever-increasing administrative burden that has come with it – has shown that market competition can’t solve the problem, writes University of Massachusetts Amherst economist Gerald Friedman.

The average graduate in 2016 left college with more than $37,000 in student loan debt. And as tuition costs rise, so too does student debt. But it wasn’t always like this. Professor Thomas Adam from University of Texas, Arlington explains the true historical roots of the student debt crisis: the moment when higher education became about personal gains instead of serving the public good.