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MOSCOW, RUSSIA - JUNE 14, 2021: Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to NBC News at the Moscow Kremlin. Maxim Blinov/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS.No use Russia.

Setting the Biden-Putin summit bar low

Steven Pifer · Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Pre-school teacher LaMyia Hayes works (left to right) with Macsen Pope, Arrian Haynes and William Duncan at Youth Village s new location on Anchors Street.Youth Village 0573

Education

Boosting teacher diversity requires bold, extensive action

Michael Hansen and Diana Quintero

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

If we want universal savings, pay employers to sign us up for IRAs

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Birmingham, Ala.

Essay

Birmingham’s tipping point: Achieving inclusive prosperity in the post-pandemic economy

Joseph Parilla, Ryan Donahue, and Sifan Liu

Monday, June 14, 2021

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Caregiving Nurse

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

The American Dream in crisis: Helping low-wage workers move up to better jobs

Marcela Escobari and Eric Krebs

Monday, June 14, 2021

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Latest Research

Power lines in a field near Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine during the sun set. Electricity rose by 21% in February due to energy problems. (Photo by Mykola Tys / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Energy Industry

What investors and the SEC can learn from the Texas power crises

Stephanie H. Jones, Gabriel Malek, Michael Panfil, and David G. Victor

June 2021

A South Korean soldier undergoes a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a coronavirus testing site which is temporarily set up at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Report

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: South Korea

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Cover image for the Moving Up report

Report

Moving up: Promoting workers’ upward mobility using network analysis

Marcela Escobari, Ian Seyal, and Carlos Daboin Contreras

Monday, June 14, 2021

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Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Poverty hurts the boys the most: Inequality at the intersection of class and gender

Richard V. Reeves and Sarah Nzau

Monday, June 14, 2021

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to logos of social media apps Signal, Whatsapp and Telegram projected on a screen in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Telecommunications & Internet

Countering disinformation and protecting democratic communication on encrypted messaging applications

Jacob Gursky and Samuel Woolley

June 2021

Events

President Jimmy Carter and the Middle East: Reexamining his legacy forty years later

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The next frontier in evidence-based policymaking: The science of scaling

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Building climate cooperation: The critical role for international carbon price floors

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) speaks about seven women from Afghanistan who were assassinated for their efforts to improve the lives of Afghans, during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2021. T.J. Kirkpatrick/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 3 — Where external actors have leverage

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Officials, including Afghan former President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

Order from Chaos

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 2 — Four scenarios

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Afghan National Security Forces keep watch outside of a military compound after a car bomb blast on the outskirts of Ghazni city, Afghanistan November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mustafa Andaleb

Order from Chaos

Afghanistan after American withdrawal: Part 1 — Internal factors shaping developments

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Books

Cvr: Turning Point

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: The Constitution of Knowledge

Upcoming

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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Economic Community of West African States member countries flags on world map with national borders

Monetary meld

Eswar Prasad and Vera Songwe

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Chongqing, China – May 28, 2018: New Energy Electric Vehicle, New Energy Vehicle Charging at Charging Station Using Charging Pole

What can the G-7 learn from China’s transition to climate-smart growth?

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Family at home

As Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday, the US needs a culture of reparations

Andre M. Perry and Rashawn Ray

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Main Street Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania in Southern York County during fall

Reimagining federal rural policy: A podcast series with Rural Matters

Anthony F. Pipa and Natalie Geismar

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

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Commercial and Medicare Advantage payment for anesthesiology services

Erin Duffy, Bich Ly, Loren Adler, and Erin Trish

Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Task Force on Financial Stability: Report release

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT