COVID-19 Doesn't Respect Borders

In this interview, Jaime Arredondo, a professor in the Drug Policy Program at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), explains how COVID-19 affected drug use and treatment in Mexican cities along the USA-Mexico border.
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Higher Education's First 100 Days Under Biden

A review of the executive orders, legislative proposals, presidential appointments, and other actions taken by President Biden during his first 100 days.
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Pandemic Exposes Vulnerability—and Size—of the Gig Workforce

This analysis looks at the vast number of unemployment claims by nontraditional workers in 2020 and the challenges states faced in providing them pandemic unemployment assistance.
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Ghost Guns: A Haunting New Reality

As more untraceable firearms are recovered by law enforcement, states and the federal government are moving to develop and clarify laws regulating ghost guns.
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New York State Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

On the latest episode of Policy Outsider, Rockefeller Institute Director of Operations and Fellow Heather Trela breaks down what is in the cannabis legislation and, importantly, what is not.
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The American Rescue Plan Act: State and Local Funding Breakdown

This overview of state and local aid in the American Rescue Plan Act visualizes the flow of $350 billion in funding.
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Can a Feed-In Tariff Help Increase Renewable Energy Capacity?

The climate policy tool is used to promote the adoption of renewable technologies but there are challenges to its use in the United States.
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Balance of Payments Report

Our 2021 Balance of Payments report looks at the latest available data (2019) showing the differences between how much states gave to the federal government and how much they received in spending.
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COVID-19 Doesn’t Respect Borders: A Conversation with Jaime Arredondo

May 6, 2021

The fourth interview in the "Epidemic in a Pandemic" series explores how COVID-19 affected drug use and treatment in Mexican cities along the USA-Mexico border.

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Higher Education Policy Implications of President Biden’s First 100 Days

May 4, 2021

This analysis reviews the higher education-related policies, proposals, and appointments that occurred in the first 100 days of the Biden administration and offers a perspective on those that might yet come.

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