The U.S. economy saw a faster recovery from the pandemic than almost anyone anticipated. Are America’s largest metro economies finally back on their feet? Alan Berube and Eli Byerly Duke examine data from the Metro Recovery Index to show where the recovery has been stronger and weaker.

The war in Ukraine spurred a boost in donations to organizations that provide humanitarian aid to children. However, the global crisis in refugee education has reached an urgent stage that warrants consistent attention and more durable solutions. Ahead of World Refugee Day, Maysa Jalbout and Katy Bullard highlight five ways funders can rethink their support for refugee education.

“Just as the law lacks legitimacy unless those who make, enforce, and interpret it share a genuine commitment to treat it seriously, so too does an oath lack sanctity unless those who violate it are held to account. The committee’s emphasis is as much a referendum on Trump’s fidelity to the constitutional oath as it is a commentary on the broader importance of oaths to the national identity as a country governed by the rule of law,” write Quinta Jurecic, Tyler McBrien, Natalie Orpett.