Research and Commentary

States' Merit-Based Aid Undermines the Aim of the Federal Pell Grant Program

September 25, 2013, Beth Akers

With D.C. Inertia, Urban Leaders Must Innovate

September 18, 2013, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley

The Year of the Asterisk? California's Testing Proposal Subverts Test-Based Accountability

September 18, 2013, Thomas J. Kane

The Economic Case for Social Mobility

August 16, 2013, Richard V. Reeves

State and Local Government Deficits Soar. Are Others Following Detroit's Footsteps?

August 9, 2013, Tracy Gordon

Health Insurance Exchanges and the Affordable Care Act: What To Expect on October 1

August 7, 2013, Henry J. Aaron

Economic Growth Is the Only Fix For Detroit's Pension Blues

July 31, 2013, Tracy Gordon

The Retirement Surprise In Detroit's Bankruptcy

July 25, 2013, Robert C. Pozen

Local Economies Are Only Part of the Story of Economic Mobility

July 24, 2013, Isabel V. Sawhill

A Globally Competitive Florida: Regional Opportunities in the Next Economy

June 27, 2013, Amy Liu

Are Public Pensions Keeping Up with the Times?

June 12, 2013, Richard W. Johnson, Matthew M. Chingos and Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

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Maryland v. King: An Unfortunate Supreme Court Decision on the Collection of DNA Samples

June 6, 2013, Richard Lempert

Convergence without Coordination: Why Washington and Brussels Must Work Together in North Africa

June 2013, Ruth H. Santini and Emiliano Alessandri

Seizing the Opportunity to Reduce Nuclear Weapons

May 30, 2013, Steven Pifer

Recurring Disasters: Are We Learning Lessons?

April 10, 2013, Elizabeth Ferris

An American Future Filled with Promise

April 8, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Gen. David Petraeus

What the Stockton Municipal Bankruptcy Means, And Doesn't

April 2, 2013, Tracy Gordon

Expand State Partnerships for Passenger Rail

March 13, 2013, Robert Puentes and Joseph Kane

Immigration: the Magnet Versus the Fence

March 1, 2013, Jill Wilson

New Partnerships for American Rail

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes

The Year of Recurring Disasters

March 2013, Elizabeth Ferris, Daniel Petz and Chareen Stark

A New Alignment: Strengthening America's Commitment to Passenger Rail

March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, Adie Tomer and Joseph Kane

Regional Innovation Clusters Begin to Add Up

February 27, 2013, Mark Muro

The Patent System: Mend, Don’t End

February 11, 2013, Jonathan Rothwell

Brookings Expert Roundtable on President Obama’s State of the Union Priorities

February 7, 2013, Sarah A. Binder, William A. Galston, Ron Haskins and Thomas E. Mann

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