Protecting Essential Workers, US-China Relations After COVID-19, and More.

April 2, 2020

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America’s essential workers ensure food is on grocery store shelves, clean water comes out of the faucet, the lights turn on, the trash gets picked up, and that we get the health care we need. Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane offer a proposal to support them during the coronavirus crisis.

Though the United States has previously viewed cooperation with China on global crises as a positive-sum game, that is no longer the case. Ryan Hass and Kevin Dong explain that the rise in tensions between the countries over the past few years will only be exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The value of teachers isn’t bought and sold on Wall Street, but it’s finally being recognized by those of us forced to take on their role.” In light of recent school closures, many American parents are now taking care of children at home. Andre Perry argues that when schools reopen, states should do a better job of paying teachers their true value.

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