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Hungry at Thanksgiving: A Fall 2020 update on food insecurity in the U.S.

Lauren Bauer · Monday, November 23, 2020

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Where Midwesterners struggle, Trumpism lives on

Monday, November 23, 2020

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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden delivers a foreign policy address in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

U.S. Foreign Policy

The fraught politics facing Biden’s foreign policy

November 22, 2020

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Global Economy

Reimagining the global economy for a post-COVID-19 world

David Dollar, Eswar Prasad, Marcela Escobari, and Zia Qureshi

Monday, November 23, 2020

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REUTERS/Mark Makela - Voting machine operator Robin Coffee-Ruff hands a sticker to a voter who cast his ballot.

Campaigns & Elections

How Black Americans saved Biden and American democracy

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

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Latest Research

Personnel work at the Air Force Space Command Network Operations & Security Center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado July 20, 2010. U.S. national security planners are proposing that the 21st century's critical infrastructure -- power grids, communications, water utilities, financial networks -- be similarly shielded from cyber marauders and other foes. The ramparts would be virtual, their perimeters policed by the Pentagon and backed by digital weapons capable of circling the globe in milliseconds to knock out targets. To match Special Report USA-CYBERWAR/ REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: MILITARY SCI TECH POLITICS) - GM1E6A51SA301

Technology & Innovation

Artificial intelligence in war: Human judgment as an organizational strength and a strategic liability

Avi Goldfarb and Jon Lindsay

November 2020

Artificial Intelligence

Technology & Innovation

Uncomfortable ground truths: Predictive analytics and national security

Heather M. Roff

November 2020

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Technology & Innovation

The rise of the futurists: The perils of predicting with futurethink

Alexander H. Montgomery and Amy J. Nelson

November 2020

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Report

Great Transitions: Doubling down on the Sustainable Development Goals

Monday, November 30, 2020

People stand at St Peter's Square as Pope Francis leads Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, November 16, 2020. Vatican Media/?Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Religion & Politics

States, religions, and power: Highlighting the role of sacred capital in world politics

Gregorio Bettiza

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Events

The future of tech antitrust in the Biden administration

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Fiscal policy advice for Joe Biden and Congress

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

A conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark A. Milley

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

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Blog Posts

A money bill drawn on a chalk board looking like a growth graph with an upwards pointing arrow symbolizing economic relationships.

Up Front

What are inflation expectations? Why do they matter?

Tyler Powell and David Wessel

Monday, November 30, 2020

11/3/2020 - Press conference of the Lega "League proposals to really help the Italians" in the photo Matteo Salvini with the pro Trump mask (ROME - 2020-11-03, STEFANO CAROFEI) p.s. la foto e' utilizzabile nel rispetto del contesto in cui e' stata scattata, e senza intento diffamatorio del decoro delle persone rappresentate (Photo by IPA/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

The impact of COVID-19 on the Italian far right: The rise of Brothers of Italy

Giovanna De Maio

Monday, November 30, 2020

Dr. Tiffany Link gets ready to see a patient for a telehealth session in the spare bedroom in her home in Fort Collins, Colo. on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.052020 Telehealth 01 Bb

TechTank

TechTank Podcast Episode 9: Will telehealth continue under the Biden administration?

Nicol Turner Lee and Niam Yaraghi

Monday, November 30, 2020

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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: China 2049

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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Trachelle Bivins and her 5-year-old son, Ondrae Florence, complete his school work together at the Central Library of Rochester on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. Ondrae would have attended school at School 23, part of the Rochester City School District, if the district had not moved to online learning. Ondrae and his mom have internet at home, but choose to come to the library because it creates a better learning environment for him.urban internet

President's Corner

How to address inequality exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

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President's Corner

On the Passing of Brookings Institution Chairman Emeritus James A. Johnson

Sunday, October 18, 2020

President's Corner

Why denouncing white supremacy creates safety, security, and racial equity

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

President's Corner

America’s democracy on the edge

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Aug 29, 2020; Erie, PA, USA; Erie Equal founder Andrey Rosado, center, leads protesters as they march past Erie City Hall during the We Will Not Stay Silent rally on Aug. 29, 2020. The rally, organized by Erie Equal, was in response to the social unrest and violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin and other cites across the country. Mandatory Credit: Jack Hanrahan/Erie Times-News-USA TODAY NETWORK

President's Corner

New priority on Race, Justice, and Equity

Thursday, September 24, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg attends the lunch session of The Women's Conference in Long Beach, California October 26, 2010. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

President's Corner

Brookings President John R. Allen statement on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Friday, September 18, 2020