Because a college degree does not achieve income parity for Black workers, the disproportionate debt Black students take on to finance their education is reinforcing the racial wealth gap. Andre Perry, Marshall Steinbaum, and Carl Romer argue that racial inequality should not be ignored in the student debt debate and that policies around cancellation should take wealth, not income, into account.
As the world prepares for the critically important COP26 Summit in Glasgow this year, the United States' work on curtailing the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) through the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act should be celebrated as a rare and bipartisan triumph, says Barry Rabe.
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders is proposing to partially revive the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT). Richard Reeves and Christopher Pulliam believe this is a mistake, writing that any relaxation of the cap will necessarily benefit people towards the top of the income ladder.
Edited by Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, and Emilie Kimball
The culmination of a two-year Brookings project, "Global China" provides the most current, broad-scope, and fact-based assessment of the implications of China's rise for the United States and the world.
Disinformation, trolling, conspiracies, social media pile-ons, and campus intolerance are driving an epistemic crisis, Jonathan Rauch argues. His new book provides a sweeping and readable description of how every American can help defend truth.
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