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February 11, 2022

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Mrs. Laura Bush's 2022 Winter Reading List


With a few more weeks of winter upon us, as declared by groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, Mrs. Laura Bush released her winter reading list for young readers. The modern classics selected highlight kindness, snowy adventure, and the wonders of nature and the great outdoors.

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Don’t buy into Beijing’s Olympic hype and ignore China’s atrocities

Dallas Morning News op-ed by Christopher Walsh <[link removed]>, Deputy Director of the Human Freedom and Women's Initiatives at the Bush Institute

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Don't forget Afghan women and children

USA Today op-ed by Natalie Gonnella-Platts <[link removed]>, Director of the Women's Initiative at the Bush Institute

Three things we can do now to help Afghan women <[link removed]> [image: arrow]





The migration playbook is changing; it’s time our border rules do, too

El Paso Times op-ed by Laura Collins, <[link removed]> Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative

Learn what a smart border policy for the 21st century would look like <[link removed]> [image: arrow]

Tickets available for The Continual Struggle: Reflections on the Civil Rights Movement on Feb. 15 at 6:30 p.m. CT

Our next Engage at the Bush Center, Presented by NexPoint event features a panel discssion with artist Brian Washington, Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall, Big Thought CEO Bryon Sanders, and Cullum Clark <[link removed]>, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative

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In Case You Missed It

Further News, Analysis, and more from the Bush Center

Register for The Future of American Cities webinar <[link removed]> |March 2 at 11:30 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. CT
Join our webinar and live Q&A to learn how your city can be prosperous, vibrant, and opportunity-rich

The latest on the Ukraine-Russia crisis <[link removed]> | KERA Think podcast
Interview with David J. Kramer, <[link removed]> Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute

The spread of Putin’s repression to Ukraine <[link removed]> | American Purpose
Op-ed by David J. Kramer, <[link removed]> Managing Director of Global Policy at the Bush Institute, and Clint Williamson, Distinguished Professor of Practice at Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law

Read the latest edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute <[link removed]>
This edition of The Catalyst focuses on how we can restore trust in our institutions

The mission against world hunger <[link removed]> | The Strategerist podcast
Interview with David Beasley, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme

Celebrating Black History Month in Dallas-Fort Worth <[link removed]>| DFW Child

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