Though Israel entered the 2020s in a position of confidence, several pillars of Israel’s successes rest on uncertain foundations. Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard explain how Israel is affected by transnational trends in the Middle East, changes in the outlooks of important regional countries, and the trajectory of great power dynamics.
On many social and economic measures, Black men fare worse not only than white men, but also white and Black women. From life expectancy to labor force participation, Richard Reeves, Sarah Nzau, and Ember Smith examine the outcomes of Black men across 8 important domains.
Partisan divisions in the United States continue to reflect stark differences in geographic economic outcomes. Anthony Pipa and Natalie Geismar write that if President-elect Biden wants to truly unite the country, modernizing federal rural policy to more effectively support economic and community development and build America’s resilience through more evenly distributed prosperity is one way to start.
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