Female Representation in the US Military, Updating America’s Broadband Plan, and More

May 19, 2020

“If we put the work in, we will have a stronger military—and country—for it.” In their essay for 19A, the Brookings Gender Equality Series, General Lori Robinson and Michael O’Hanlon outline the issue of inequity and underrepresentation of women in the military and provide recommendations to fix the problem.

The federal government has not reevaluated or updated its National Broadband Plan in nearly a decade. Blair Levin discusses legislation from Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) which would require the FCC to assess progress on the plan’s original goals and analyze the critical gaps revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Members of Congress and the Trump administration have been outspoken in their calls to hold China accountable for the human and economic costs of the coronavirus—likely through lawsuits filed in U.S. courts. In the latest episode of Dollar & Sense, David Dollar and Robert Williams talk about the viability of such lawsuits and other ways of holding China accountable.

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