Improving workforce development and STEM education to preserve America’s innovation edge

Artificial intelligence is outpacing the current skills of workers and requiring considerable adaptation on the part of industrial-era employees. Darrell M. West argues that more effective STEM education and workforce development are necessary for U.S. firms to have the people they need for domestic production, supply chain management, cybersecurity, data analytics, and innovation in general.

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How will the Supreme Court’s recent decisions affect young voters?

Last year, the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sparked a nationwide furor. But this year, public reaction was much less fierce to the mostly conservative decisions handed down by the Court. To explain this sudden shift, William A. Galston compares how older and younger voters have reacted to recent Supreme Court decisions.

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Understanding the growing radical flank of the climate movement as the world burns

A segment of the climate movement has taken to the streets in protest—blocking traffic, smearing paint, throwing food, and disrupting events to bring attention to the climate crisis and the need for more aggressive climate action. Dana R. Fisher and Quinn Renaghan draw from research to better understand who participates in civil disobedience, what motivates them, and how they are connected.

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Putin’s pressure points are showing—time to strengthen Russian sanctions

The recent Prigozhin rebellion and Wagner Group march against Russia suggest a weakened Putin regime. The updated Brookings Sanctions Tracker shows progress in financial sanctions against Russian entities and individuals and makes clear that more efforts are needed to close loopholes and increase pressure on Putin’s regime and sanction evaders.

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Proposed Department of Education rule threatens HBCUs. The Department of Education has proposed implementing a earnings premium test, which establishes that the median graduate of a college program has to earn more than what the median high school graduate earns. According to Dick Startz, the rule could devastate many historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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Accepting lost learning today will have big costs later. New national test scores show that in the United States—where schools stayed closed longer than in most developed countries—the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the progress made in student learning since 1980, writes Paul T. Hill.