The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute

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The new edition of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute shows that the answers are out there: leaders around the country and the globe have found successful solutions to many major challenges. In the new issue, experts on topics including economic inequity, political polarization, health care, and military reform sketch out how-to guides that other countries and communities can use to tackle their own problems.

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On Oct. 4, a virtual Engage at the Bush Center, presented by NexPoint conversation will focus on how governments around the world have solved supposedly insurmountable problems. Open to the public, the discussion will feature a live Q&A with Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity at the Bush Institute, Albert Torres, Associate of Freedom and Democracy at the Bush Institute, and Jonathan Tepperman, Senior Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of The Catalyst.

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Anne Wicks, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education and Opportunity at the Bush Institute, writes about how Mississippi transformed its reading education policy, turning itself from a perennial low performer into one of the nation’s biggest success stories.

Mississippi’s reading revolution

William McKenzie, Senior Editorial Advisor at the Bush Institute, outlines the drastic decline in the U.S. public’s trust in the news media – and how to restore it.

Restoring trust in media

Chris Walsh, Director of Freedom and Democracy at the Bush Institute, describes the founding and development of BridgeUSA, an organization that brings together college and high school students to learn how to disagree more amicably and effectively.

How talking can build abridge to a better America

J.H. Cullum Clark, Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, writes about how smaller municipalities like Frisco, Texas, have proved that the nation can solve its housing crisis – but only if other cities follow their lead.

Making America affordable again

Albert Torres, an Associate in Freedom and Democracy at the Bush Institute, shows how the United States has become a haven for corrupt actors from around the world to hide and launder their dirty money, and how Denmark – which recently suffered from similar problems – figured out a solution Americans should emulate.

Countering corruption in the United States

Dr. Deborah Birx and Hannah Johnson, the Bush Institute’s Senior Fellow and Program Manager for Global Health (respectively), explore how the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) worked with Haiti and the Dominican Republic to tackle HIV/AIDS on Hispaniola.

Saving migrants from HIV/AIDS

Jonathan Tepperman, Senior Fellow and Editor-in-Chief of The Catalyst, writes about how, in just a few years, Ukraine managed to turn its rotting post-Soviet military into a fighting force able to fend off a superpower.

How Ukraine remade its military

Alap Davé, Associate of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative, explains how Utah managed to virtually eliminate chronic homelessness – and how that model can be replicated throughout the United States.

How one state almost solved America's homelessness problem

Natalie Gonnella-Platts, Director of Women’s Advancement at the Bush Institute, describes how one brave school in Afghanistan provided education to hundreds of girls in the midst violence and turmoil.

The fight for the right to educate girls

Miranda Patrucic, Editor-in-Chief of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), details the origins of the organization and the importance of investigative journalism in exposing transnational corruption and organized crime.

The network effect

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About the George W. Bush Institute

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