Addressing America’s Wage Proble m, Strengthening USAID, and More

February 19, 2021

Even before the pandemic hit, 44% of U.S. families were not making an income high enough to cover their living expenses. In a new report, Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla provide data on sustainable wages across the United States to better inform local COVID-19 recovery strategies.

America’s national security strategy rests on a three-legged stool of defense, diplomacy, and development. In our Blueprints series, George Ingram argues that the time has come to strengthen and expand the authorities of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to best address the national security challenges of the day.

“Generations have passed since our nation took a step back and thought hard about how the federal government can best partner with state and local governments to deliver world-class infrastructure—and it shows.” DJ Gribbin explains how the Biden administration can take lessons from past failures on infrastructure reform to create real change.

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