Editor's note: Following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Brookings President John R. Allen reflects on her trailblazing life of service, scholarship, and jurisprudence. Read his statement here.
Though much has been written about how President Obama and a Democratic-led Congress passed the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there has been little focus on the singular role of women. Nancy-Ann DeParle and Jeanne Lambrew, architects of the ACA, review the leadership of women in devising, passing, implementing, and defending the bill, and offer their perspective on why women made a difference.
The United States is moving to ban TikTok and WeChat from app stores tomorrow. Darrell West, Nicol Turner Lee, and Tom Wheeler address the broader issues represented by the Trump administration's crackdown on these applications and whether they signal a trend toward a fractured internet divided by national boundaries and security fears.
The Trump administration is scrambling for foreign policy wins before the election, and it has little time left to produce a new arms agreement or even the framework for one. Steven Pifer argues that the logical conclusion, then, would be for the administration to extend the New START Treaty.
On September 21, we will launch the first episode of "Our Nation of Immigrants," a special five-part series on the Brookings Cafeteria podcast. On each episode, host John Hudak will discuss the facts on U.S. immigration policy and talk with a range of guests, including elected leaders, immigrants and children of immigrants, policy experts, and advocates for better immigration policy.
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