Rethinking Governance

Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to Fight COVID: Immediate Answers

There are currently 1.1 million immigrants, refugees, and U.S.-born healthcare professionals with undergraduate health-related degrees that are underutilized but could be called upon to help fight the COVID pandemic. This article, the first in a two-part series, outlines the doctor shortages in American healthcare and begins to outline immediate action states can take amidst the […]

One Vote: Who will decide what’s ‘fair’ in state redistricting?

High-profile Supreme Court decisions and the stakes of the 2021 decennial redistricting processes elevated partisan redistricting into the national spotlight in 2020. The partisan gerrymandering debate focuses on the constitutional context and judicial precedent deciding which entities are responsible for drawing district lines. When the courts punt responsibility back to state legislatures, political strategists focus […]