The current condition of the Democratic Party presents a paradox: on one hand, the party’s ideological composition has shifted to the left; and on the other hand, moderates contributed more votes to Joe Biden’s victory than did liberals. William Galston and Elaine Kamarck examine this paradox and what it means for electoral politics.
As India’s COVID-19 crisis worsened, African countries became more concerned about the potential for economic and trade-related spillovers. Vera Songwe and her co-authors explain the African market’s dependency on Indian suppliers for certain products like pharmaceuticals and rice, and what leaders now need to do to beat the virus in Africa.
On a new episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, John Hudak lays out a series of policy actions the Biden administration could take to promote justice and equity and to help reverse some of the disastrous consequences of the War on Drugs.
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