During the COVID-19 crisis, America’s safety net was surprisingly resilient in some areas. Social Security and Unemployment Insurance benefits were paid, and Medicare and Medicaid continued to finance health care. However, the pandemic also reinforced existing inequalities and revealed system shortcomings. Henry J. Aaron and Katherine Baicker discuss how to address these issues before the next public health emergency.
From shattered heat records and severe storms to droughts and wildfires, it has been a year of serious climate shocks. Amid these crises, emergent groups of climate activists are engaging in civil disobedience in unconventional ways to demand more aggressive climate action. Dana R. Fisher and Quinn Renaghan explore this growing “radical flank” among climate activists and their motivations.
This week, the Knesset passed legislation to curtail the authority of Israel’s Supreme Court. What is the substance of the first phase of the country’s judicial overhaul and what is coming next? On a new episode of The Lawfare Podcast, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Natan Sachs and other experts to unpack the situation.
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