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"Beyond working from home, many people are looking for something new. They are negotiating where and how much they choose to work, and are walking away from low-paying, high-risk jobs. The shifting pandemic economy, in which there are a record number of job openings, has given workers the bargaining power to demand — rather than merely hope for — these changes." Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on how economic upheaval could lead to a more humane labor market.
The New York Times
"The United States must conceive of a clear roadmap, with specific benchmarks and consequences, for Sudan’s transition and join actively in a strong multilateral strategy with European powers and other interested countries to end Sudan's transitional crisis." Former U.S. Ambassador Susan D. Page appeals to the Biden administration to take urgent action in Sudan.
Dabanga
"Better policy to manage COVID, meaning both better policy to control the disease and better policy to limit the economic effect of the disease, could increase the economy’s capacity to produce goods and services. Better policy most obviously means more vaccination, at home and abroad. It also means widely available and cheap rapid tests; testing allows infected individuals to isolate themselves, and it allows workplaces to do more to reassure workers that they are safe." Josh Hausman says COVID’s economic disruptions may last for years.
The Atlantic
"Bloomberg can only do so much. You have geographic constraints with space. You have local regulatory constraints. And you have political will." Megan Tompkins-Stange on potential obstacles to Michael Bloomberg's 'unprecedented' investment in charter schools.
Chalkbeat
"(Emergencies) can be moments where governments roll out new invasive forms of data collection and it just becomes the new normal, because in moments of crisis there's a deeper allowance in terms of public trust and legal authority. There's less of a sense of pausing for reflection, because there doesn’t feel like there is time when dealing with a global pandemic." Ben Green on how the pandemic has normalized government surveillance.
The LA Times
"It fits the more classic model of environmental policy adoption in the U.S., where usually, we would expect there would be a triggering event or a visible calamity that would then prompt Congress to respond." Barry Rabe on climate policy messaging and strategy.
E&E News
"It's embarrassing for Brazil to have these numbers showing up. Did they hide them during the COP? I suppose Brazil is not happy with the fact that it has gone further back in the Amazon...the numbers are there and this will continue to be a problem for Brazil with the United States and Europe." Former U.S. Ambassador Melvyn Levitsky on Brazil's promises during COP-26 and deforestation in the Amazon.
BBC Brasil
"[DHS] Intelligence and Analysis should not be competing with the CIAs and DIAs of the world on foreign intelligence. I&A should be working more to understand what is happening inside the homeland, really understanding the nexus of the foreign and domestic threats." Javed Ali on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security department’s role in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Bloomberg Government
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