President Trump started his tenure with a poorly planned Navy SEAL raid in Yemen, and now at the end of his presidency, he may be making another error in Yemen. Gregory Johnsen says that designating the Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization would be bad for Yemeni civilians, peace talks, and U.S. national security in the long run.
For the first time in half a century, the global consumer class is set to shrink this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Max Thomasberger and Kelsey Wu explain the economic outlook for various regions and which areas will likely have speedy recoveries.
“White women in Georgia, as the crucial swing voting bloc in these runoff races, have a clear choice between upholding a sclerotic status quo and enabling a corrosive culture war or giving their state, and the country, a chance at removing major burdens that are crushing families’ budgets, and taking away their quality time,” write Isabel Sawhill and Morgan Welch in a new op-ed.
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