×
There may be something going on in Denver, but the real action is found in D.C.'s policy shops.
- My two front teeth. All Latinos want of the next administration can be found in 58 breezy pages put out on Monday by the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda. Fingers crossed your favorite presidential candidate reads them, because Latinos will cast 9 million votes in November. -- CP
- Air Fair. The U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. made a mistake in overturning the Clean Air Interstate Rule that would dramatically improve air-quality standards, writes Center for American Progress' Robert M. Sussman. CAIR caps emissions from power plants, which produce massive amounts of nitrogen oxide. It's hard to see how CAIR is a bad thing; holding down these emissions would bring in between $80 billion and $100 billion in health benefits. -- DS
- Brother, can you spare a dime? Two Brookings analysts tackle the challenges of solving global poverty with private philanthropy. While the usual problems of foreign economic intervention -- accountability, corruption, and efficacy -- come to the fore, the authors conclude that, properly executed, private aid is an effective substitute for more bureaucratically hidebound government-aid programs. Private aid also floats above the problems of politically motivated giving and so can be more focused on actual need. Finally, it can also be a transformative force as competition forces higher standards in the global aid "market." -- TF
- Count on me. The Census Bureau today released a report on income, poverty, and health insurance. The number of uninsured people has gone down but only because government health-care plans have picked them up. For more analysis, see Matt, Jon, Ezra, and Ezra. --TF
--TAP Staff
