Tag: USA

How USICA will boost US technological competitiveness (Julia Voo, East Asia Forum)

In June 2021, the US Senate unanimously adopted the US$250 billion US Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) detailing how the US government plans to outcompete China...
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Cyberbullying and bystander intervention (Melissa Brown, Rashawn Ray, and Fred Dews, Brookings)

Seventy percent of people report that they have done something abusive to someone else online, and a majority report being cyberbullied themselves. Nearly 90...
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House Passes Infrastructure Bill, Postpones Vote On Build Back Better (Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney, HuffPost)

House Democrats finally approved a bipartisan bill late Friday to fix roads and bridges, sending the bill to President Joe Biden’s desk months after the legislation passed...
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The success of federal climate funding depends on local leadership (Joseph W. Kane, Andrew Bourne, Adie Tomer, and Caroline George, Brookings)

The urgency to address climate change is centering around two cities at the moment: Glasgow and Washington, D.C. World leaders are converging at the...
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Trump didn’t invent racism; racism invented Trump and other elected hopefuls (Andrew M. Perry, Brookings)

In the first months of the gubernatorial race in Virginia, the eventual winner, Glenn Youngkin, trailed the Democrat, former Governor Terry McAuliffe, so decisively...
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What does the Build Back Better Framework mean for BIPOC communities? (Kristen Broady, Camille Busette, Tonantzin Carmona, Keon L. Gilbert, Carlos Martín, Robert Maxim,...

On Oct. 28, President Joe Biden presented his Build Back Better Framework (BBB), a guide for legislative language for several proposals in his $1.75...
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Democrats Need to Confront Their Privilege (David Brooks, New York Times)

One of the Democratic Party’s core problems is that it still regards itself mainly as the party of the underdog. But as the information-age...
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The Guide for the Next Decade of Space Research Just Dropped (Chris Wright, WIRED)

Who pays for the United States’ astronomy and astrophysics projects—our collective staring into the void, seeking cosmic answers? Well, we all do, via taxes,...
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The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters (Matt Simon, Wired)

Off the coast  of California lies an underwater forest of giant kelp, a kind of seaweed that grows to 100 feet tall at the...
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Deterring Chinese strategic attack: Grappling with the implications of China’s strategic forces buildup (Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council)

The People’s Republic of China is engaged in the most significant buildup of nuclear forces in its history. What are the implications of this...
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Launching the First Movers Coalition at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (US Department of State)

At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), the United States announced the launch of the First Movers Coalition, a new platform for...
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What will the US-Egypt Strategic Dialogue look like? Here’s a preview (Allison Nour, Atlantic Council)

On November 8-9, an Egyptian delegation led by Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry is expected in Washington for the latest iteration of the United States-Egypt...
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Affirming Our Enduring Support for Operation ALTHEA and the Role of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT NED PRICE, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON The United States welcomes the action of the United Nations Security Council to unanimously renew the mandate for EUFOR’s Operation...
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Republican Senators Question the Security of Collecting Health Information from Airline Passengers (Alexandra Kelley, Nextgov)

A group of Senators Tuesday questioned the security of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s continued order to collect personal data from airline...
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U.S. Blacklists NSO Group and 3 Others for Selling Spyware, Hacking Tools (Mariam Baksh, Nextgov)

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security banned U.S. persons from dealing with four companies—including Israel’s NSO Group—that they say acted against national security...
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2020 Census May Have Missed More Than 1.6M Residents (Kate Elizabeth Queram, Nextgov)

The 2020 census may have undercounted the U.S. population by more than 1.6 million people, drastically affecting the distribution of federal funding across the...
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