“These investments and supports center on dignifying and creating cumulative paths of opportunity for the tens of millions of Americans who have consistently been left behind over the last seven decades of American domestic policy,” writes Camille Busette. In a new roundup, she and other Brookings experts discuss how aspects of the Build Back Better plan may improve life for different racial and ethnic groups in the United States. 

There are 2,755 billionaires in the world today, with an estimated wealth of $13.2 trillion. Just 1% of that wealth would yield a flow of $130 billion per year. Homi Kharas shows just how far this money could go toward solving global issues like extreme poverty.

Libya’s migrant population of over 600,000 people is facing extreme violence and inhumane treatment—a situation made worse by the economic downturn and the pandemic. Omer Karasapan explains the conditions that these migrants face and urges the European Union to cease assisting lawless groups and insist on meaningful sanctions against its Libyan counterparts.