by Miho Cuffee | Sep 26, 2025 | News
Washington CORE recently sat down with Dr. Casey Dawkins, Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the University of Maryland, to examine the drivers of the U.S. housing shortage and the path forward. Drawing on decades of housing policy research, Dr. Dawkins...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 26, 2025 | Insight
Amid surging rents, rising construction costs, and entrenched zoning barriers, the U.S. continues to grapple with a worsening affordable housing shortage. Policymakers and advocates are increasingly exploring prefabricated housing, zoning reform, and financial...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 4, 2025 | Insight
Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere powering electric cars, smartphones, laptops, and even renewable energy grids. They are essential to the clean energy transition, storing power from wind and solar and making it available on demand. Yet their very success has...
by Miho Cuffee | Sep 4, 2025 | News
Washington CORE recently had the opportunity to sit down with Raffaele Nacchiero, co-founder and CEO of AraBat, an Italian clean-tech startup pioneering sustainable battery recycling. Nacchiero launched AraBat in 2021 with a bold vision to transform spent lithium-ion...
by Miho Cuffee | Jul 25, 2025 | News
On June 18, 2025, Nippon Steel finally acquired U.S. Steel after approximately one and a half years of twists and turns that unexpectedly put U.S.-Japan relations in the spotlight. Initially, union opposition led President Biden to block the deal, citing national...