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(USA) The tax benefits of parenthood: A history and analysis of current proposals (AEI)

Alex Brill, Kyle Pomerleau, Grant M. Seiter Under current policy, the federal government provides $209.4 billion in tax benefits for filers with children through five major provisions:...

(Mexico/USA) Money laundering and corruption in Mexico: Confronting threats to prosperity, security, and the US-Mexico relationship (AEI)

Andres Martinez-Fernandez Corruption is an urgent challenge in Mexico that undermines political stability, economic development, the rule of law, efforts to combat organized crime, and...

(USA) How the US military can recover from Trump budget trauma (The National Interest, AEI)

Mackenzie Eaglen What exactly does it mean in practice for the troops that more than one-third of defense infrastructure is classified as being in “poor”...

(USA) Biden says he’s pro-science. Why is his schools plan based on fear? (AEI)

Timothy P. Carney Even in normal times, we parents have a million things we could worry about — enough to drive us to despair and depression....

(USA/Colombia) The US can learn a lot from Colombia about giving rights to undocumented immigrants (Brookings)

Dany Bahar Colombia is about to embark on one of the largest-ever humanitarian gestures in modern history: Providing a 10-year, renewable, regular migratory status to...

(Africa) Africa faces a hard choice on the SDGs under COVID-19 (Brookings)

Kasirim Nwuke COVID-19 has made it extremely difficult to mobilize the resources needed for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the time...

(Africa) The SDGs are our compass for bolstering Africa’s long-term COVID recovery (Brookings)

Amina J. Mohammed We welcomed 2020 with great expectations for Africa’s promising future. Barely three months into the new decade, though, the SARS-CoV-19 virus, through...

(USA) A Superpower, Like It or Not. Why Americans Must Accept Their Global Role (Foreign Affairs, Brookings)

Robert Kagan All great powers have a deeply ingrained self-perception shaped by historical experience, geography, culture, beliefs, and myths. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-02-16/superpower-it-or-not

(USA) How a $15 minimum wage could help restaurants and other hard-hit small businesses (Brookings)

Xavier de Souza Briggs and Russell Jackson A funny thing happened on the Senate floor in the wee hours of February 5. As senators worked through a...

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