Displaced Black Educators, US-China Economic Policy, and More

May 10, 2023

Following the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision on Brown v. Board of Education, segregationists waged a protracted fight against the new law of the land—a fight that decimated the ranks of Black principals and teachers in America. Leslie T. Fenwick discusses the lasting impacts.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently laid out the Biden administration’s economic plans to deal with China. Joshua P. Meltzer argues that a key challenge moving forward will be convincing allies and partners that this new approach to international economic policy differs from China’s.

House Democrats turned heads on Capitol Hill last week when news surfaced of their proposed procedural gambit to raise the debt limit. While nothing can be ruled out, the discharge rule is unlikely to resolve today’s impasse, writes Sarah Binder.

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