The Gutting of AmeriCorps, Continued

 Tobi Raji Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service has ordered AmeriCorps to terminate close to $400 million in grants — roughly 41 percent of the national service agency’s total grant funding, according to three people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of...

Civility Role Models

Anne Bergman at CMC Magazine: The Dreier RoundTable (DRt) at Claremont McKenna College took to the national stage during the 2024-25 academic year, presenting Civility Awards to U.S. Governors Spencer Cox and Jared Polis. The duo were honored for bridging...

Understanding the Effects of Tariffs

Understanding the Effects of Tariffs By Kyle Pomerleau | Erica York Abstract We provide an overview of the major implications of tariffs on the economy, federal revenue, and households. Tariffs do not directly affect the trade deficit, which is driven by net lending...

Trade War Will Stimulate Chinese Innovation

Nathan Gardels at Noema writes of the unanticipated consequences of the trade war: … Keyu Jin, author of “The New China Playbook: Between Socialism and Capitalism,” points out that the tariff war will also result in reshaping China’s industrial structure, likely...

Gutting AmeriCorps

Last year, David Dreier and David Price urged Congress not to gut AmeriCorps.  We got a reminder of its importance when its volunteers took part in the recovery from the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire. Now, as AP reports, DOGE is gutting it outside the law....

Jared Polis on Tariffs

Gov. Jared Polis, interview about tariffs in The Washington Post: The risk has delayed and canceled investments in manufacturing in Colorado and across the country. Nobody knows if they can even get the parts and materials they need. Nobody knows if they’ll be able to...