“If a candidate’s records and ideas are too weak or compromised to withstand criticism on a Democratic primary debate stage, that candidate will crumble under a barrage of television and radio advertisements from President Trump.” John Hudak argues that vigorous debate during the primaries will ultimately strengthen the eventual Democratic nominee. 

The United States has always taken on a leadership role in combating global crises and pandemics, both through research and philanthropy. Brookings President John R. Allen writes that it is time for President Trump and Xi Jinping to pool significant resources to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

About half of the uninsured people in the United States are people of color. As part of our Race in American Public Policy series, Christen Linke Young points out some of the significant racial disparities in health care—including the effects of not expanding Medicaid and Black maternal mortality rates.