As extreme weather events and zoonotic disease transfer become a more regular occurrence, additional school disruptions may be on the horizon. To leverage the current moment, Christina Kwauk and Olivia Casey call for a new green learning agenda and explain how it can accelerate economic and social change globally.
Given Ambassador Susan Rice’s bona-fides, her selection to lead the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) may tip the Biden administration’s hand a bit on where it intends to spend its limited time. Michael Sinclair discusses the setup of both the DPC and National Security Council and where the lines may be blurred in the Biden White House.
Recapping her piece for Foreign Affairs, Isabel Sawhill writes that the sorting of Americans into distinct, seemingly incompatible tribes is as much a matter of culture as economics, and increasingly overlaps with political identity. As hostilities grow, Sawhill proposes concrete policy solutions to address the deepening divide.
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