“Political candidates should focus on speaking to the real policy concerns of all Black Americans instead of a so-called ideal type.” Rashawn Ray argues that it is time to stop viewing Black Americans as a monolithic group and recognize the demographic factors that influence their policy concerns.  

How can the international community develop a pandemic preparedness system to combat diseases like the coronavirus? Gavin Yamey, Marco Schäferhoff, Kaci Kennedy McDade, and Wenhui Mao outline three approaches to break out of the current ineffective cycle of panic and neglect.

As the Russia-backed Syrian regime pushes to retake this last major enclave of the Syrian opposition, hundreds of thousands of people have fled towards Turkey’s borders—despite Ankara’s requests to Moscow to halt the offensive. Galip Dalay explains the tough position Turkey is in as it strains to accommodate refugees and what this means for Turkish-Russian relations.