Helping Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses, Global Learning Inequalities, and More

April 17, 2020

After a decade of business ownership gains, the COVID-19 recession could be disproportionately devastating to businesses owned by women and minorities. Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla explain why these businesses will be fundamental to America’s economic recovery and outline measures to help them through the crisis.

188 countries around the world have closed schools nationwide, affecting over 1.5 billion learners. In a new report, Emiliana Vegas examines how education systems around the world are approaching remote learning and assesses the potential effects on students.

“Overseeing the outlay of relief funding from the bill will be no easy task, given its size, complexity and the backdrop of the 2020 election.” Jackson Gode outlines four major hurdles to congressional oversight for the $2 trillion pandemic relief bill.

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