Startups energize job growth, yet each iteration of COVID-19 stimulus relief has largely ignored the connection between business creation and economic growth. In a new report, Makada Henry-Nickie explains why incentivizing entrepreneurship is a key step to economic recovery, especially for communities of color.
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that social media platforms can be regulated as common carriers—neutral conveyors of the speech of others, like telephone companies. An approach like broadcast regulation is better, says Mark MacCarthy.
While presidents have selected Cabinet secretaries from a variety of backgrounds since the early days of the republic, Lindsay Chervinsky and Kathryn Dunn Tenpas write that the evolving definition of "diversity" largely reflects the increasingly democratic features of our political system.
Do privileged white parents reinforce school segregation? On the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Vanessa Williamson shares troubling findings from an analysis of online forum discussions about Washington, D.C. public schools.
Both parties benefit from hate crime protections for Asian Americans. As members of Congress respond to anti-Asian racism and violence, Caitlin Chin argues that both Republicans and Democrats could benefit from protecting the Asian American and Pacific Islander community not only as a matter of morality, but a matter of politics.
A Congressional politics masterclass.Molly Reynolds joins the Bakari Sellers Podcast to talk about why Congress seems to be broken and what might happen if Democrats eliminate the filibuster.
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