July 1 marked the three-year anniversary of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, growing U.S.-China tensions, and other global upheavals, how has the USMCA fared and where is it headed next? Diego Marroquín Bitar, Joshua P. Meltzer, and Earl Anthony Wayne reflect on the challenges and opportunities in their new report.
“Black students tend to benefit not only from having Black teachers themselves but even from having a Black teacher in their grade level when their own teacher is white. This means that Black teachers’ impacts on Black students are even larger than we thought.” Seth Gershenson and Nicholas Papageorge share new research on the indirect positive effects of teacher diversity.
Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, many pundits predicted that a shift to the GOP among Latino voters would lead to a big year for Republicans. But, as it turned out, Latino voters were key to Democratic victories, including in places that seemed poised for Republican wins. In a new commentary, Gabriel R. Sanchez explains how Latinos’ recent voting patterns and policy preferences could shape the 2024 contest.
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