Understanding the political behavior of young Americans, expanding U.S. history books, and U.S.-Africa commercial diplomacy.
| How to drive US investment to Africa In 2014, U.S. direct investment in Africa was at an all-time high—nearly $69 billion. Seven years later it had dropped to about $45 billion. In a new commentary, Witney Schneidman and Gracelin Baskaran assess America’s commercial presence on the continent and recommend ways to deepen commercial diplomacy. Read more |
| Latino representation in US history textbooks falls short Today’s classrooms include nearly 14 million Latino students, representing more than a quarter of K-12 public school students in the United States. Are these students seeing themselves in the textbooks that they are assigned to read? Ashley Rogers Berner and Viviana López Green share findings from their recent research. Read more |
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