Valuing Black Lives, Women on th e President’s ‘A Team’, and More

June 4, 2020

“The devaluation of Black lives fuels the flames in our cities. To convince protestors not to burn down buildings, we must restore the value that racism has extracted from them.” Andre Perry and Jonathan Rothwell explain what is needed to prevent further destruction of property in the ongoing protests around the United States.

Advisors who work closely with the president are among the most powerful unelected government officials in the United States. In a new essay for the 19A Brookings Gender Equality Series, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas explores the progress of female representation within the president’s advisory organization.

America’s moral foundation for human rights advocacy is not the country’s own perfect adherence to human rights ideals, but rather a commitment to striving toward them. Tamara Cofman Wittes argues that to cease fighting against the oppression of others outside U.S. borders would be a moral abdication.

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