By Hayin Kimner, Stacey Campo, Abe Fernández The U.S. Department of Education recently announced a notice inviting applications for the Full-Service Community Schools Program to provide high-quality academic, integrated health...

By Stacey Campo, Abe Fernández As federal, state, and local governments marshal unprecedented resources to support the recovery from the disruption and harm inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic, there is...

By Vanessa WilliamsonEach year, more than 150 million U.S. households file their income taxes; what if they could simultaneously register to vote or update their voter registration? While the immediate...

By Elaine Kamarck Today, two Republican women will be on the ballot. Their candidacies say a great deal about the war within the Republican Party. In Alaska, former governor and...

By Elaine Kamarck In the course of a sizzling hot summer, predictions for how Democrats will do in the midterm elections (especially the Senate) have gone from dismal to cautiously...

By Darrell M. West When I moved to D.C. a decade ago after many years of teaching at Brown University, I never thought I would have to deal with violent...

ASIA: The move to delist five Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) signals that Beijing may be willing to compromise to strike an audit deal...

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Desperate times drive people to desperate measures. A Lebanese man made international headlines after holding 10 people hostage in a seven-hour standoff with authorities before surrendering. This man was not...

On Korea’s liberation day, President Vladimir Putin responded to Kim Jong-Un’s request to join the fight in Ukraine. In a letter to the North Korean dictator, Putin said North Korea...