How Africa Can Tackle Cyber Threats, Proposals for Middle-Class Prosperity, and More

July 19, 2021

What can be done to address the sluggish growth of middle-class wages in America? Christopher Pulliam highlights several pro-worker proposals from A New Contract with the Middle Class, including abolishing the income tax for most of the middle class.

As internet usage increases, African states can draw on established good practices, international partnerships, and regional cooperation to identify, prevent, and respond to cyber espionage or sabotage of critical infrastructure, Nathaniel Allen and Noëlle van der Waag-Cowling argue.

Mobile, Alabama's manufacturing sector offers a premium wage to its workers, but there are stark racial disparities in pay. A new analysis from Andre Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr finds that median earnings for Black workers in the manufacturing industry are $25,629 less than the median for non-Black workers.

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