Most of the $1.25 trillion in infrastructure spending approved by Congress and signed into law by President Biden is still sitting in the federal government’s bank account. In a climate of economic uncertainty, Adie Tomer, Caroline George, and Joseph W. Kane share strategies for state and local leaders to get their infrastructure plans in place.
Teach For America (TFA), the staffing organization that selectively recruits recent college graduates and midcareer professionals to teach in high-need schools, has shrunk by nearly two thirds in 10 years. Ben Backes and Michael Hansen discuss TFA’s record and potential ramifications of its recruitment issues.
On the first episode of the Foresight Africa podcast’s second season, Aloysius Uche Ordu speaks with Rogaia Abusharaf about the leading role Sudanese women have played in movements for peace and justice in the last century. Dr. Abusharaf also discusses her research on the intersectionality of race, gender, and politics in Africa.
The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars.
The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
