Modernizing the electric grid delivers efficiencies but opens up security challenges.
Building Back America
Biden’s American Jobs Plan, American Families Plan, and a variety of tax measures, analyzing each component with insights on prospective policies and if these elements go far enough
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Building Back Severed Communities
The Biden administration wants to reconnect historically Black and Latino neighborhoods cut off by highway construction. There’s promise and peril in that.
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Some of the Worst Bridges in the Country Are in Kentucky
Yet Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell is dragging out negotiations on federal investments to fix bridges and other infrastructure.
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Does Biden Think He Can?
Years ago, Barack Obama and Joe Biden tried to make high-speed rail happen. Now as president, does Biden want to finish the job?
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Congress’s Most Family-Friendly Member
Rosa DeLauro has spent 30 years in the House fighting for an adequate Child Tax Credit and paid family leave. She’s finally getting someplace.
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Undoing Welfare Reform
If Congress makes the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent, simple, and universal, it could have reverberations across the entire welfare state.
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Struggling Renters Need More Federal Aid
The Biden-Harris administration did not expand Section 8 vouchers in its recent infrastructure proposals, which could leave millions of renters behind.
