Joe Biden’s Child Tax Credit Proposal Is His Defining Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
Despite the U.S. being one of the world’s wealthiest countries, child poverty is a dire problem – and during COVID,
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Why the US Needs a National COVID-19 Contact Tracing Corps
Contact tracing in the US is at a critical inflection point. In the early days when COVID-19 first arrived in
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After Tuesday, It’s Time to Talk About Implementing the Green New Deal: A Psychological Perspective
Not only is the Green New Deal feasible — this year has shown us there is no time to waste.
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In Guarding Democracy, Hindsight Really Will be 2020: The Tabletop Exercise as a Model for Securing American Elections
When it comes to securing US elections against foreign interference, training humans may be the best investment.
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Why the Recent Proposals to Solve the Climate Crisis Fall Short
The accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) has now made emission control obsolete as the framing idea for a climate change remedy, as the climate crisis is no longer primarily an emission problem — it is now a concentration problem.
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How State Government Leaders Can Improve Contact Tracing Programs
Several weeks ago, the two of us wrote an op-ed outlining the major challenges facing the United States’ contact tracing
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Including School Custodians in the Coronavirus K-12 School Reopening Debate
As the new academic year begins for the approximately 130,930 K-12 schools across the U.S. and the debate about reopening
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