Tag: USA

(USA) Inspector General report finds $63 billion in unemployment improper payments — and that’s likely an understatement (AEI)

Matt Weidinger https://www.aei.org/poverty-studies/inspector-general-report-finds-63-billion-in-unemployment-improper-payments-and-thats-likely-an-understatement/

(USA) Temporary medical licensing is a good start (AEI)

Brent Orrell https://www.aei.org/workforce/temporary-medical-licensing-is-a-good-start/

(USA) Do not overlook just how deep Trump’s support ran in the electorate (AEI)

Samuel J. Abrams https://www.aei.org/politics-and-public-opinion/do-not-overlook-just-how-deep-trumps-support-ran-in-the-electorate/

(USA/Haiti) US urges polls in Haiti but says president can stay until 2022 (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/us-urges-elections-in-haiti-but-relents-on-presidents-term

(USA) Blinken presses China on Uighurs, Hong Kong in first call (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/blinken-presses-china-on-uighurs-hong-kong-in-first-call

(USA) Donald Trump should not get US intel briefings, Joe Biden says (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/trump-will-not-get-intel-briefs-biden-says

USA) Treasury secretary warns of COVID’s lasting toll on Black America (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/2/6/us-treasury-sec-warns-of-covids-lasting-toll-on-black-americans

(USA/Houthis/Yemen) US to revoke terrorist designation of Houthis citing famine (Al Jazeera)

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/6/us-intends-to-revoke-terrorist-designation-of-yemens-houthis

(USA/Afghanistan) What options does Biden have in Afghanistan? (Al Jazeera)

Ibraheem Bahiss https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/4/what-options-does-biden-have-on-afghanistan

(USA) Time to Rethink Nursing Homes (JAMA, Network, Brookings)

Stuart M. Butler https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2776290

(USA) Around the halls: Brookings experts analyze President Biden’s first foreign policy speech (Brookings)

Pavel K. Baev, Célia Belin, Sam Denney, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Sadie Frank, James Goldgeier, Ryan Hass, Bruce Jones, Kemal Kirişci, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Giovanna De Maio, Steven Pifer, Douglas A. Rediker, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Angela Stent, Christopher A. Thomas, David...

(USA) What is reconciliation in Congress? (Brookings)

David Wessel https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/02/05/what-is-reconciliation-in-congress/

(USA) Charts of the Week: Black inventors; Black-white wealth gap; Black men poorly served by schools (Brookings)

Fred Dews https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2021/02/05/charts-of-the-week-black-inventors-black-white-wealth-gap-black-men-poorly-served-by-schools/

(USA) Should the Senate convict Donald Trump? Here’s what the American people think (Brookings)

William A. Galston https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/02/05/should-the-senate-convict-donald-trump-heres-what-the-american-people-think/

(USA) Essential workers comprise about half of all workers in low-paid occupations. They deserve a $15 minimum wage (Brookings)

Molly Kinder and Laura Stateler https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2021/02/05/essential-workers-deserve-minimum-wage-increase/

(USA) Explaining the economic impact of COVID-19: Core industries and the Hispanic workforce (Brookings)

Aaron Klein and Ember Smith https://www.brookings.edu/research/explaining-the-economic-impact-of-covid-19-core-industries-and-the-hispanic-workforce/