AEI This Week
Aug 22, 2020
AEI's weekly digest of top commentary and scholarship on the issues that matter most
 
 
What Kamala Harris isn’t saying about her mother’s background
 
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Many Americans will learn about the remarkable woman who raised Kamala Harris and her younger sister, Maya. They also deserve to learn the lesson of the community into which Shyamala Gopalan was born, writes Sadanand Dhume.
 
 
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My kids and their elite education in racism
 
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Rye Country Day School epitomizes the racialization of education. Naomi Schaefer Riley explains why that's bad for the nation.
 
 
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How to get the pandemic bill negotiations unstuck
 
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Both House Democrats and Senate Republicans will need to use the recess to reset their expectations some, and the administration will need to focus on a few key priorities to help a deal happen, writes Yuval Levin. 
 
 
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Belarus needs the right kind of US help
 
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Kori Schake explains that smart, coordinated diplomacy can promote change without endangering those seeking freedom and honest governance.
 
 
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If prosperity and freedom aren’t enough for you, there’s also the ‘moral’ case for market capitalism
 
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The left is offering an aggressive critique of capitalism that proponents of free enterprise should aggressively respond to, writes James Pethokoukis.
 
 
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Vocational rehabilitation: Opportunities for better collaboration under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
 
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Mason Bishop and Therese Fimian find that when effective collaboration and streamlining between the Vocational Rehabilitation program and other programs occur, the full array of services and benefits becomes more readily available to individuals with disabilities.
 
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