Food Insecurity Ahead of Thanksgiving, Prioritizing Climate Policy, and More

November 25, 2020

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Almost 10% of U.S. parents of young children report that their kids do not have sufficient food, two separate surveys find. Ahead of Thanksgiving, Lauren Bauer looks at the state of food insecurity in America and highlights several ways to fill gaps in the Pandemic EBT program.

“To be taken seriously abroad, the United States needs to get its ducks in a row at home, with policies to reduce emissions and increase climate resilience.” Brookings experts explain how the Biden administration can push climate policy forward by leveraging financial markets, infrastructure reform, and more.

With the Senate likely to stay in Republican hands, the House majority slimming, and losses in state legislatures around the country, the Democratic Party was quick to start their “traditional circular firing squad” in their election post-mortem. William Galston explains why things were so tough for the Democrats in 2020 and what to anticipate moving forward.

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