Tag: USA

(USA) Penalizing Black hair in the name of academic success is undeniably racist, unfounded, and against the law (Brookings)

Howard Henderson and Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois Black students are three to six times more likely to be suspended or expelled from school, and today, there remains a...
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(USA) How to build more equitable vaccine distribution technology (Brookings)

Laura Moy and Yael Cannon The COVID-19 pandemic and the distribution of vaccines that promise to bring it to an end have spotlighted inequities in our nation’s...
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(USA) If it’s Broke, Fix it. Restoring Federal Government Ethics and Rule of Law (Brookings)

Norman Eisen, Virginia Canter, Claire Finkelstein, Joseph Foti, Richard Painter, Walter M. Shaub, Jr., and Anne Weismann “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” So goes the old adage. Its corollary,...
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(USA/China) Joe Biden’s China Strategy Risks Going Too ‘Extreme’ (The National Interest)

Bonnie Kristian Cooperation and diplomacy are an important part of the complicated U.S.-Chinese relationship. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/joe-biden%E2%80%99s-china-strategy-risks-going-too-%E2%80%98extreme%E2%80%99-178638
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(USA/Israel) What the United States Can Learn from Israel’s Vaccination Efforts (The National Interest)

Stephen Silver Their public vaccination campaign has gone well, although there are complaints about Jerusalem not yet offering the vaccine to all Palestinians. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/coronavirus/what-united-states-can-learn-israel%E2%80%99s-vaccination-efforts-178633
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(USA/Iran) Why Is American Foreign Policy Tilting Towards Iran? (The National Interest)

Russell A. Berman Washington errs when it prefers to embrace hostile regimes over tradtional allies in the Middle East. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-american-foreign-policy-tilting-towards-iran-178598
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(USA) Optionally-Manned: How the U.S. Army’s New Tank Could Also Be a Drone (The National Interest)

Kris Osborn The high-tech platform will need to be able to take on enemy tanks while outnumbered. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/optionally-manned-how-us-army%E2%80%99s-new-tank-could-also-be-drone-178664
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(USA/China) Is Engaging With China Still Useful? (The National Interest)

Paul J. Smith Engagement, far from being a naïve or hopeless endeavor, can be a useful pathway that builds confidence and helps maintain peace. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/engaging-china-still-useful-178678
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(USA) Will Tom Cotton Run for President in 2024? (The National Interest)

Rachel Bucchino Cotton’s decision to certify the election results has propped up his speculated presidential candidacy, as it mixes with his support of Trump populism. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/will-tom-cotton-run-president-2024-178692
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(USA) Polling on the pandemic (AEI)

Samantha Goldstein, Karlyn Bowman In the aftermath of the 2020 election, professional pollsters and others have started to examine what went wrong with the polls and...
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(USA) What’s it take for philanthropy to help rural schools? (AEI)

Frederick M. Hess For many years, rural education has been a back-burner issue. For decades, education reformers have focused on urban school systems, which are...
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(USA) Biden’s first cabinet confirmation snags (AEI)

Yuval Levin Generally speaking, the Senate should be willing to give the president the cabinet he wants. But that doesn’t mean that the Constitution’s assignment...
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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:...
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(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...
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(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”...
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(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....
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