The Pandemic’s Impact on Metros, Student Loan Forgiveness Cases, and More

March 2, 2023

Metro Monitor 2023: Examining pandemic-era patterns of inclusive growth across the United States

Three years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the newly updated Metro Monitor provides a comprehensive look at the economic impacts of the crisis across 192 U.S. metro areas with populations of at least 250,000 people. Joseph Parilla and Glencora Haskins review the data and share several important takeaways.

Protestors gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the oral arguments in two cases that challenge Bidens student loan forgiveness plan

The Supreme Court takes up student loan forgiveness

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases about the Biden administration’s proposed student loan forgiveness program—Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown. Katharine Meyer discusses the legal issues in these cases and what is at stake for borrowers.

Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of the Federal Security Service collegium in Moscow

Vladimir Putin’s big backfire

“Putin will emerge from this war no longer the leader of a great power. His status as a competent leader has been diminished by his army’s poor performance and by the West’s isolation of him. Russia may still have the largest number of nuclear warheads and a veto on the U.N. Security Council, but it will have lost its seat at the table of global leadership,” argues Angela Stent.

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