Ashley Nies

Ashley Nies is a former intern for global health studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listens to a question from the audience at a campaign town hall meeting, in Newport, New Hampshire, on August 19, 2023.
Governance

Did Florida Get It Right Against COVID-19?

by Thomas J. Bollyky, Ashley Nies, Isabella Turilli

What the scrutiny of DeSantis’s pandemic record has missed

Respiratory therapist Annette James wears personal protective equipment as she prepares to see a patient at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas, United States, on December 17, 2020.
Poverty

Texas’s Persistent Problem

by Ashley Nies

Understanding why gaps in Texas’s Medicaid coverage persist

A migrant seeking asylum in the United States waits in line along the border fence at the Rio Bravo River, as seen from El Paso, Texas, on December 22, 2022.its in line along the border fence at the Rio Bravo river, the border between Mexico and the U.S., as seen from El Paso, Texas, on December 22, 2022.
Migration

Migrant Health After the End of Title 42

Two immigration experts discuss the impact of the end of Title 42 on the health of migrants at the border