Federal Study Calls U.S. Stillbirth Rate “Unacceptably High” and Recommends Action
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Juveniles Locked Up for Life Will Get a Second Chance in New Mexico. But the State Must Locate Them First.
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Pusillanimous
Pu·sil·lan·i·mous, “pyoo-suh-la-nuh-muhs” (adjective): Showing a lack of courage or determination; timid. The United States today is confronting two brutal dictators: Putin in Russia and Xi in China. We face a nuclear threat from North Korea. The Middle East is volatile. This is no time for a President who is timid and lacks courage or determination.…
A Chicago Suburb Stopped Ticketing Students. But It Won’t Stop Pursuing a 3-Year-Old Case Over Missing AirPods.
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A Better Road
It used to be when we had a primary here in North Carolina and no candidate won 50% of the vote there was a runoff between the top 2 candidates. Politicians frowned on runoffs, changed the rule: If a candidate got 40% of the vote, and led, he won. Then politicians changed the rule again:…
An update on Ukraine—security, economic, and humanitarian conditions
A team of Brookings experts has just released the “Ukraine Index,” which presents security, economic, and political data to track the war’s course. One of the authors of the Index, Constanze Stelzenmüller, who directs the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings, joins host David Dollar to discuss the Index and the latest…