Vaccine Hesitancy in Nursing Homes, Too Much Housing in the Wrong Places, and More

August 20, 2021

Much has been made of the strong relationship between the political leanings of an area and its vaccination rate, but this relationship is weaker for two higher risk groups—the elderly and nursing home residents. Sarah Reber and Cyrus Kosar discuss the underlying dynamics that are causing vaccine hesitancy for this vulnerable population.

While public transportation and jobs in the Washington, D.C. region are highly centralized, newly built housing is not. A new report by Jenny Schuetz and Matt Ring examines how development patterns over the past 30 years have impacted both climate concerns and housing affordability.

The $65 billion allocated for broadband in the recently passed Senate infrastructure bill is the largest single investment in broadband expansion in decades—but will it be enough? Sophia Campbell, Jimena Ruiz Castro, and David Wessel provide a primer on the issue.

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