“There never was a better moment to take stock of the United States’ role in advancing gender equality at home and overseas. As the world is still trying to land on its feet from the COVID-19 shock, a fuller commitment to girls’ education through a U.S. feminist foreign policy could help reinvigorate global progress toward gender equality.” Christina Kwauk writes about girls’ education ahead of International Day of the Girl.
After six men were arrested this week for plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in retribution for her response to COVID-19, Vanda Felbab-Brown explains how the pandemic has emboldened these so-called militias and what it reveals about right-wing domestic terrorism in the United States.
Perhaps sensing electoral doom, this week the president announced by tweet that he wanted U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan to be home by the holidays. Michael O’Hanlon explains what is likely to happen with Taliban negotiations and regional stability if Trump carries through on his new pledge.
Tomorrow, Brookings will launch Chasing the Dream—a new email course on the U.S. middle class, the issues they face, and how to solve them. Based on data and real stories from Americans around the country, lessons will cover the connection between income and well-being, the importance of relationships, the ways that economic opportunity impacts health, and more.
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