Supporting distressed U.S. communities, why Democrats should engage on education policy, and helping consumers pay down debt more quickly.
| Democrats should engage in education politics so kids don’t have to K-12 education routinely ranks among the most pressing issues to voters in state and local elections, but Democrats have remained largely silent on education while their Republican counterparts have run wild on culture war issues in schools. Jon Valant writes that it is well past time for Democrats to start engaging forcefully in this policy realm. Read more |
| Supporting distressed US communities Though there is a lot of policy focus around “distressed” communities, actually defining the term is not clear-cut. Anthony Pipa, Heather Stephens, and Natalie Geismar explore how three federally chartered regional commissions define “distress” and the implications for reaching vulnerable rural communities. Read more |
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