Countering China's Economic Influence, the US Border Crisis, and More

April 3, 2021

To counter China’s economic influence, rebuild the American Heartland

Momentum in Washington is building for another legislative priority: countering China’s economic influence with an array of investments to restore U.S. technology leadership, rebuild its supply chains, and improve industrial competitiveness. Mark Muro and Yang You explain where the issues lie and potential proposals to make America more competitive.

4 things the Biden administration should pay attention to with the border crisis

The Obama and Trump administrations deported hundreds of thousands of Central Americans in the last decade. A team of experts interviewed 1,357 deportees to provide systematic information about the forces driving migration in Central America—factors that the Biden administration should keep in mind as it reformulates policy.

Evanston’s grants to Black homeowners aren’t enough. But they are reparations.

“Racial disparities didn’t just involve discrimination on the part of the federal government, and the federal government isn’t the only entity that must pay its moral debt to Black people and society. Evanston’s answer is not perfect or final. It’s just the beginning.” In their latest op-ed, Andre Perry and Rashawn Ray write about America’s first municipal reparations program.

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Must-listen podcasts

Why teacher diversity benefits students of color. On the latest episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Michael Hansen explains how promoting racial diversity among the teacher workforce disproportionately benefits students of color and helps narrow longstanding achievement gaps.

An American journalist in Cold War Moscow. As a young reporter and student in Russia, Marvin Kalb was caught in the middle of Cold War tensions between Eisenhower’s America and Khrushchev’s Soviet Union. Listen to his story and see Kalb’s new book “Assignment Russia” for more.

America needs a positive IMF agenda. U.S. Chairman of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Mark Sobel joins the Dollar & Sense podcast to preview the upcoming International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings and to discuss current issues in U.S. monetary policy.

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