Libraries draw millions of kids each summer, but funding varies dramatically across California
As children spend time in libraries this summer, newly released California State Library data shows that San Francisco Public Library received nearly 17 times as much funding per resident in 2024-25 as Kern County Library — a system serving a slightly larger population and more than twice as many ch
Beijing’s Hukou Reform Is Not Welfare-Oriented
Executive Summary: On May 22, the State Council of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) released the “Opinion on Implementing the Provision of Basic Public Services at Place of Permanent Residence” (国务院关于推行常住地提供基本公共服务的实施意见), directing local governments to deliver education, public rental housing, so