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Liberal lawmakers want to create a new federal entitlement for childcare subsidies, guaranteeing all children access to “top-tier” childcare at a cost of no more than 7 percent of their parents’ income. Finding the type of childcare that families want at a cost they can afford can be difficult, especially for lower-income and single-parent families. Federal policies could do a far better job of helping families in need, but is the proposed new federal entitlement the right solution?

Toggle open close On May 28, 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD) released President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2022 $715 billion budget request, a 1.6 percent increase over FY 2021 funding levels.REF However, as this Issue Brief will describe, this amount is insufficient to meet the current demands on our military, nor is it sufficient to prepare for the challenges that lie ahead. Budget Analysis The budget request does have its bright spots. It merges the overseas contingency operations account into the base budget, a necessary step toward transparency and accountability.REF The reque...

3. GREEN MUSLIM SERIES: SCIENTIFIC WONDERS OF THE QURAN: WATER – PART 1 May 03, 2021 Radio Islam Green Muslims Series: Scientific Wonders of the Quran: WATER — PART 1 The words of Allah SWT were revealed over 1400 years ago to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as guidance to humankind. These words/verses of guidance, exactly as they were revealed, have been captured in the Holy Quran, which is available for all to ponder upon. Allah SWT refers to water numerous times in the Quran: as being the basis of life, essential for humans and animals to drink, and for plants to grow, and He,...

Share New Delhi: The Field Marshal Manekshaw Essay Competition (FMMEC), which was initiated in 2018-19, by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) under the patronage of Indian Army celebrates its third successive year (2020-21), with the objective to keep the young minds engaged in the most troubled times that the world is experiencing with the global pandemic – COVID-19.  CLAWS organises its flagship national level essay competition named after India’s grand strategist – Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw to inculcate strategic thinking amongst the youth especially among university students...

At first blush, Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president brings respite from a world threatened by Donald Trump’s climate-denialist, dictator-coddling, xenophobic, racist, misogynist, rules-breaking regime. On second thought, 2021 will also initiate an unwelcome restoration of legitimacy to Western imperialism akin to Barack Obama’s rule. “Biden’s” (2020) recent Foreign Affairs article began by stressing how since 2017, “the international system that the United States so carefully constructed is coming apart at the seams.” In reconstructing imperialism, Biden may draw upon a le...