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The Abraham Accords One Year Later: Assessing the Impact and What Lies Ahead (Wilson Center)

Nearly one year ago on September 15, 2020, the United States, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain signed the historic Abraham Accords. With this accomplishment,...

To Harness the Power of the Ocean To Fight Climate Change, the Biden Administration Needs a Plan (Kelly Kryc and Kat So, CAP)

The recent Sixth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed only narrow pathways to preventing the Earth from warming more than 1.5 degrees...

Fact Sheet: State-by-State Estimates of Citizenship in Budget Reconciliation (Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, Claudia Flores, and Philip E. Wolgin, CAP)

As Congress and the Biden administration look to enact a major part of the Build Back Better agenda through the budget reconciliation process, one critical...

Future of Testing in Education: The Way Forward for State Standardized Tests (Laura Jimenez and Ulrich Boser, CAP)

Federal law requires all public school students in grades three to eight to take an annual assessment in reading and math at the end...

Future of Testing in Education: Artificial Intelligence (Laura Jimenez and Ulrich Boser, CAP)

Despite the often-negative discussion about testing in schools, assessments are a necessary and useful tool in the teaching and learning process. This is especially...

Future of Testing in Education: Effective and Equitable Assessment Systems (Laura Jimenez and Jamil Modaffari, CAP)

Assessments are a way for stakeholders in education to understand what students know and can do. They can take many forms, including but not...

Census Data Show Historic Investments in Social Safety Net Alleviated Poverty in 2020 (Areeba Haider, Jocelyn Frye, Rose Khattar, Juli Adhikari, Nicole Rapfogel, and...

Newly released data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage from the U.S. Census Bureau provide insights on the economic well-being of individuals and...

Bank Tax Reporting Is a Critical Component of Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda (Seth Hanlon and Galen Hendricks, CAP)

The United States will lose an estimated $7 trillion over the next decade from people and corporations not paying the taxes they owe. That is twice...

A new Win malware uses Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

Security researchers spotted a new malware that uses Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to evade detection in attacks against Windows machines Win malware uses Windows...

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