Issues & Policy / Economics

Grab hold of the levers

A new president can harness the power of the nation’s economy

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Domestic Affairs

Empowering cities

Bruce Katz says the federal government should bypass states to interact directly with cities and metropolitan areas
Bruce Katz
Brookings Institution
Lyndon Johnson

Immigration

Reluctant reformer

Nearly every new president of the modern era has viewed the nation’s immigration policies as deeply flawed. Yet few of these modern executives have been willing to make immigration reform—one of the most dangerous issues in American politics—central to their agenda. Even fewer have had a measure of success doing so.
Daniel Tichenor
University of Oregon
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Immigration

Border wars

Whoever moves into the White House in 2017 will face enormous pressure to take decisive action on how immigration admissions and rights are governed. But the experts who contributed essays to this First Year volume on immigration differ substantially in their prescriptions.
Sid Milkis and David Leblang
Miller Center