Decreasing student barriers to work, the role of the Palestinian Authority, and fighting white extremism.
| White-supremacist violence is terrorism “Contemporary white-supremacist groups pose a dire security threat, one that rivals, and perhaps even eclipses, that of foreign terrorist organizations.” Brookings President John R. Allen writes that the failure to fight violent and hateful ideologies at home has already cost lives and will continue to diminish American unity if not addressed. Read in the Atlantic |
| Trump’s Middle East peace plan: What’s there to be upset about? “The framing of the Trump administration’s plan and the specific language it deploys would seem to suggest that what it really wanted to say was that past efforts did not go far enough in prioritizing the Israeli narrative.” Salam Fayyad argues that there is a compelling basis for a Palestinian rejection of Trump’s vision. Read more |
Improving workforce success among America’s college students Outside of advocating for proposals like free college, 2020 presidential candidates have said little about how to improve education and skills, especially those that are highly rewarded in the U.S. labor market. Harry Holzer outlines three ways to help strengthen the skills and earnings capacities of workers without bachelor’s degrees. Read more |
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