HEADLINES
"I suppose that the impulse to start anew comes from the many years of trying to address the problem piecemeal, or the seeming magnitude of the problem as well as the difficulty that exists with changing institutions and the individuals embedded within them." Christian Davenport on What "Defund the Police" really means.
Vox Media
"In the Philippines alone, a 20 percent drop in remittances would throw about 380,000 people into extreme poverty. In Mexico ... a 20 percent cut in remittance income would cause roughly 800 additional deaths of children under age one each year." Dean Yang, describing the potential effects of the global pandemic on remittances home from immigrants to the U.S.
Foreign Policy
"The Land and Water Conservation Fund case offers some insights into how to link a fee or tax on resource extraction and eventual use with the provision of a broad public benefit." Barry Rabe on a politicaly viable path forward for carbon pricing.
Niskanen Center
"Just as Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and General Mark Milley came to recognize that our military should not be used for political purposes, neither should the men and women who wear DHS uniforms." Javed Ali on the Department of Homeland Security deployment in Portland.
Newsweek
"We are letting the whole child care system erode in such a way that it’s not going to be there for us when we are fully ready to go back....Child care is not a personal issue, it’s not a women’s issue; it’s actually an economic issue." Betsey Stevenson on the child care crisis and labor market impact of policy responses to the global pandemic.
Politico Magazine
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