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Super Tuesday saw the dramatic resurgence of former Vice President Joe Biden, tightening the Democratic primary race even further. In a new episode of The Current, John Hudak examines the different factors that led to Biden’s victories and explains which upcoming states will be the true tests of Biden and Bernie Sanders’s visions for the Democratic Party.
Yesterday, the House passed an $8 billion bill that will provide emergency funding to address the coronavirus outbreak in the United States and overseas. Jay Shambaugh outlines measures policymakers can take in addition to spending money on containment to reassure people that there will be support in the event of an economic downturn.
“What is happening in Xinjiang is deeply concerning and abhorrent. Trying to change it, however, is difficult.” Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, and Emir Yazici argue that to effectively respond to the humanitarian crisis regarding the repression of Chinese Uighurs, people need to understand the threat perceptions that are driving China’s behavior.
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