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"The child tax credit is elegant in that it does something for all low-and middle-income families....It does the most to empower families to do what they think is best for their families." Luke Shaefer on social safety net solutions.
The New York Times
"We are at a moment, not just after the murder of George Floyd but also the pandemic, where we have seen structural racism in action in all sorts of places. We keep talking about a racial reckoning, and that racial reckoning is happening in science and medicine, as well." Shobita Parthasarathy on the lawsuit brought by the family of Henrietta Lacks.
AP News
"Choosing in-person or virtual-only could have implications for public school funding far into the future." Kevin Stange discusses school leaders' decision-making as the pandemic continues.
The Detroit News
"We don't have a history in the U.S. of putting environmental policy adoption into a package with lots of other social programs that are spending lots of money but also engaging in regulation. For the U.S., I would argue, this becomes a really unique political test about whether there is an advantage to be gained by formally linking environment and energy with all kinds of other policy areas." Barry Rabe on the composition of the reconciliation bill being negotiated by Congress and the Biden Administration.
E&E News
"It's hard for us to have the kind of racial healing that was called for after the death of George Floyd and Breanna Taylor, among others, without deeply delving into the ways in which history complicates how we go about healing and who should be healed." Earl Lewis reflects on reparations research and his hopes for the future.
MLive
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