Cornell Policy Group

As pharmacies take on a larger role in delivering care, they are challenging a long-standing assumption about medicine: that healthcare has to happen in a traditional healthcare setting. For most of modern medicine, receiving healthcare has meant going somewhere specifically designed for it. We visit our primary care physician (PCP) for an annual checkup, a hospital when something is seriously wrong, or a specialty clinic for everything in between. Yet one of the most signif

Color-Coded Recycling Bins in Hamburg America was among the first leaders in curbside recycling. However, it now falls short in global recycling efforts. The current system is outdated. The most recent major recycling reform was when Congress enacted the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act in 1976 to address growing municipal waste. Since then, land waste laws have only become more flexible. In 2018, only 32.1% of municipal waste in the US was recycled or composted. By con

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly involved in decisions about employment, housing, healthcare, and online content, it risks reproducing inequalities already embedded in society. Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly shapes decisions about who gets hired, who qualifies for housing, and who has access to medical care. AI can appear more objective than human decision-making because it relies on data. However, the outcome of using this data is not necessarily ob

A radon test kit, the kind Ithaca could require before any lease is signed. The first time I toured a house in Collegetown, the landlord ran through the checklist every Cornell student learns by the second week of the search: water pressure, window locks, smoke detectors, and whether the basement smells like mildew. Nobody said the word radon. I did not think to ask, and no law in New York required anyone in that hallway to bring it up. However, just because you will not fi

Children and families with Minneapolis Families for Public Schools calling for ICE out of schools and Minnesota in January 2026. School should be a sanctuary for growth; but today, the looming fear of immigration enforcement seeps into these spaces, threatening countless students’ ability to learn. The Protected Areas Policy, enacted during the Biden Administration, once barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from conducting

A child placing money in a jar On July fourth, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Act and, with it, created a new generation of investors: baby bankers. “Trump Accounts” are the first federal child savings accounts in the US—a policy President Trump argues will help American children build long-term wealth through early investment. Under this policy, the federal government will seed eligible children’s accounts with $1,000, which is invested in broad US stock