Following the COVID-19 pandemic, many Americans began to notice rising prices on everyday items, from eggs to housing costs. While inflation rates have eased in recent months, rising prices were at the top of the mind for voters in the 2024 Presidential election. What is inflation, what causes it, and what can policymakers do to counteract its negative effects?

In previous briefs, Everything Policy examined the financial consequences of eliminating the Department of Education (DOE). In this brief, we focus on the potential regulatory consequences of DOE’s role within local school districts, looking at what aspects of education the DOE controls.

When a person receives all their news and information from partisan sources that conform to their worldview, we say that person lives in an information silo. One of the most important questions about information silos is how many Americans are affected by them. A second question is whether partisans (Republicans or Democrats) are more likely to be siloed. A final question is whether these siloed partisans drive the policy debate at the expense of moderate voices.