This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There has been growth without sufficient quality job creation: Resource-rich countries remain overrepresented among the growth outperformers. In order to stimulate quality employment growth, governments should develop policies aimed to achieve economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate hypocrisy is nothing new. So, color me not at all surprised that Germany, a vocal critic of the U.S.’ decision to exit the Paris climate accord, is preparing to abandon…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Under the Obama-era rules, all breads, cereals and pastas served to schoolchildren had to be at least 50% whole grain. But the USDA now says that feedback from students and schools indicates…
Highlighting perspectives from insiders including Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Thomas B. Fordham Institute President Mike Petrilli, and Education Trust founder Kati Haycock, the film tracks ESSA’s trajectory from its signing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By many measures, the Los Angeles metropolitan area leads the nation in urban traffic congestion. It ranks number one for total annual hours of delay and total annual gallons of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A hybrid of union dues collection and workplace solicitation programs, crossed with a bit of rage fundraising, has cropped up in New York, where a groundbreaking law passed last year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. American identity is by nature political, and involving yourself in issues that matter isn’t always easy. So what does a civic life actually look like? Here are four concrete ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sitting in a tarpee erected outside the Capitol Building in the US state of Washington, seven Indigenous women and their supporters have vowed to stay put. They will stay until they are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president signed an executive order on October 12th, 2017 that will allow small employers to join associations of small business — such as farm bureaus or chambers of commerce — that provide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From August 2017 to January 2018, an estimated 650,000 Rohingyas, out of a population of a million, fled from Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh to escape a campaign of arson, rape,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One year ago, NGO executives and aid agency leaders were imagining what Brexit and a newly elected President Donald Trump might mean for their work and for the world. Today…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year is the moment of truth for the Group of 20’s growth agenda. The leading rich and developing nations that comprise the G20 made 1,000 structural reform commitments back…