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Nov 21, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Robert Maxim |Glencora Haskins
In late October, President Joe Biden issued an apology for the U.S. Indian Boarding Schools program, a century-long concerted effort by the federal government to destroy Native American culture and assimilate Native children through a network of residential schools.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Robert Maxim |Mark Muro |Carl Romer
Over the past several years, emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) have dominated headlines, while industrial strategies centered on technologies such as semiconductors have become central to U.S. economic policymaking.
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May 21, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Robert Maxim
The South Kansas region’s aerospace cluster is simultaneously facing growing demand and acute challenges. Known as the “Air Capital of the World,” the South Kansas region will be central to nation’s ability to meet rising global aerospace demand. Industry experts forecast the need for 40,000 additional commercial aircraft in the next two decades—almost twice as many as are in the air today.
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May 21, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | Robert Maxim
The Indigenous Finance Industry is essential for economic growth, but it has faced historic and present-day underinvestment. Owing to hundreds of years of harmful government policies, Native Americans living on tribal land have the lowest levels of household wealth in the United States and face structural barriers to capital access that diminish entrepreneurship, business growth, and wealth-building.
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May 7, 2024 | 
brookings.edu | William H. Frey |Chiraag Bains |Andre Perry |Robert Maxim
Twenty-seven years since the last revision in 1997, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has altered its Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 (SPD 15)—providing a much-needed update in the standards for defining race and ethnic categories for use in data collection across all government agencies. The revised standards are not perfect, and OMB promises to continue monitoring their use.
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May 3, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Robert Maxim
This March, the White House Office of Management and Budget published new standards for race and ethnicity data to help policymakers and researchers collect more accurate statistics on underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
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Dec 13, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Mark Muro |Robert Maxim |David Galluch
During a recent black-tie affair in a Manhattan ballroom, Gov. Josh Shapiro encouraged Pennsylvania lawmakers to embrace bipartisanship. “It doesn’t just last a weekend, and it can happen in Pennsylvania, not just in New York City,” Shapiro said.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
post-gazette.com | Mark Muro |Robert Maxim
Pennsylvania has been slow to convert its considerable assets into abundant, high-quality economic growth. Powerhouse research universities are working on the most critical issues of the day in the life sciences, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, space, and energy. Breakout companies like Pittsburgh’s Astrobotic are making headlines and garnering major investments. And the diversity of the state’s cities and rural areas contributes to a rich capacity for community-based innovation.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
realclearpennsylvania.com | Mark Muro |Robert Maxim
With Gov. Josh Shapiro committed to ensuring that Pennsylvania becomes “a national leader” in innovation and economic development, the time has come for the commonwealth to make that pledge a reality. Pennsylvania has all the assets it needs to lead innovation-driven growth. Powerhouse research universities are working on the most critical issues of the day in the life sciences, artificial intelligence, robotics, transportation, space, and energy.
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Mar 30, 2023 | 
brookings.edu | Robert Maxim |Gabriel Sanchez |Kimberly R. Huyser
This January, the White House released proposals for reclassifying racial data collection in the 2030 census. Most notably, the proposals include combining race and ethnicity into a single question, as well as creating a new racial category for Middle Eastern and North African people.
