Though President Trump is trailing Joe Biden in the polls, he still has a shot at winning the Electoral College to secure a second term. William Galston outlines what the president needs to do in the next two weeks to catch up and compares 2016 and current day polling in key states.
“Charlotte, North Carolina, is a city rich with opportunities, but those opportunities are not equitably shared.” In a new How We Rise report, Camille Busette, Tonya Farrow-Chestnut, Richard Reeves, Kwadwo Frimpong, and Hao Sun analyze residents’ interpersonal networks and explain how the connections made in the workplace and educational institutions play a vital role in upward economic mobility.
From medical supply drones to converted train cars, frugal innovations can play a key role in responses to COVID-19. Sharing examples from Rwanda, Kenya, and India, Joseph Kannarkat and Norman Augustine explain how the United States can rethink innovation to address current and future problems.
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