Saving Afghanistan from Ruin, What Leaders Wa nt from Biden’s Infrastructure Bill, and More

July 9, 2021

America’s main goal must be to help Afghans prevent a takeover from a Taliban leadership that shows few genuine signs of breaking off ties to extremists, moderating its behavior, or compromising with the current government in the pursuit of peace. Michael O’Hanlon outlines a strategy to make this happen.

Federal leaders have a historic opportunity in front of them to reimagine U.S. infrastructure. But Washington cannot transform America’s cities and suburbs without understanding the needs of regional leaders. Adie Tomer, Joseph Kane, and Caroline George share key findings from their survey of 16 leaders across 10 metropolitan areas.

Deep-rooted, global education challenges require transforming education systems at a large scale to meet all children’s needs. A suite of new resources from our Center for Universal Education provides concrete, practical guidance on how to scale projects in education.

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