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A sign points towards voting booths during the midterm election at Philomont Fire Station, in Purcellville, Virginia, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1C4591A6A0

Understanding the election scandal in North Carolina’s 9th district

Molly E. Reynolds · Friday, December 7, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1AD6CD3AA0

Global Trade

Enjoy the Trump-Xi trade war truce while it lasts

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Homeowner Gary Gless leans over his balcony, as drilling wells are seen in the background, in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2013. The United States has a long history of keeping industrial activity out of middle and upper-middle-class residential neighborhoods. But that is starting to change with the spread of new technology for oil and gas drilling, such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Freeport-McMoRan, part of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, said that, for the past three years, its surveys of the oilfield and surrounding communities have found no connection between its activities and "localized claims of property damage." It said it would continue to evaluate the issue. Picture taken December 11, 2013. To match Analysis FRACKING-HOMEOWNERS/ REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS ENERGY) - GM1E9CC1QBF01

Middle Class

Middle class incomes have slumped, stagnated or grown, depending on the measure

Richard V. Reeves

Friday, December 7, 2018

School girls wearing pink turbans wave during celebrations to mark International Day of the Girl Child 2018, at a school in Chandigarh, India October 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ajay Verma TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1336C3B510

Podcast Episode

Echidna Global Scholars: Four leaders in girls’ education share their stories and policy ideas

Christina Kwauk and Fred Dews

Friday, December 7, 2018

Employees at manufacturing plant

Economic Development

Manufacturing growth—in the Heartland and for America

Robert Maxim and Mark Muro

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Latest Research

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Politics & Government

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Elaine Kamarck, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Friday, December 7, 2018

Students board their school bus in a sub-zero temperature.

U.S. Economy

Seasonally and weather-adjusting the monthly jobs numbers

Jonathan Wright

Friday, December 7, 2018

Hospital employee conducting job interview with nurse

U.S. Economy

Labor market considerations for a national job guarantee

Ryan Nunn, Jimmy O’Donnell, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike in Gaza, November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Ahmed Zakot - RC1B4F7D7DE0

U.S. Foreign Policy

Ending Gaza’s perpetual crisis: A new U.S. approach

Hady Amr, Ilan Goldenberg, Kevin Huggard, and Natan Sachs

December 2018

Tourists sit at the Mara Serena Safari Lodge, within the Masai Mara game reserve, southwest of Nairobi, Kenya, July 28, 2009. Picture taken July 28, 2009. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya - RC1A8B82F4A0

Developing Economies

Africa’s tourism potential

Monday, December 3, 2018

Events

Expert roundtable discussion on healthcare & big data

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM IST

Washington, D.C. premiere of ‘Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis’

4:00 PM - 6:15 PM EST

India and the Indo-Pacific: Trade, aid, & security

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

Dr.†Marie-Roseline Darnycka BÈlizaire, World Health Organisation (WHO) Epidemiology Team Lead, talks to women as part of Ebola contact tracing, in Mangina, Democratic Republic of Congo August 26, 2018. Picture taken August 26, 2018. WHO/Junior Kannah/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AE1BC5700

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: South Africa land reform advances, DRC Ebola update, and presidential term limits in Sudan

Saturday, December 8, 2018

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Order from Chaos

Experts discuss power transitions in Africa

Adam Twardowski

Friday, December 7, 2018

Workers are seen at the the Utexrwa garment factory in Kigali, Rwanda April 17, 2018. Picture taken April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana - RC11BDF1B3C0

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Wage growth and employment in Africa

Friday, December 7, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Book cover: Diversity Explosion

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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A group of U.S. Forest Service firefighters monitor a back fire while battling to save homes at the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam - RC1E7149CA10

Why Californians were drawn toward the fire zones

Friday, December 7, 2018

A commuter ferry passes by in front of the Sydney city skyline May 23, 2011. A team of Australia's top scientists warned on Monday of dire climate change in calling for the nation's carbon-dominated energy sector to turn green, as the government struggles to win support for a carbon price to cut pollution. The report by a government-appointed Climate Commission said many of Australia's major cities faced a serious threat from rising sea-levels, particularly Sydney. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY CITYSCAPE) - GM1E75N19Y201

Australia can’t run away from a carbon price any longer

Warwick J. McKibbin

Friday, December 7, 2018

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Research roundup: What does the evidence say about how to fight the opioid epidemic?

Jennifer L. Doleac, Anita Mukherjee, and Molly Schnell

Friday, December 7, 2018

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Charts of the week: Middle class wages; rural communities; the labor force

Friday, December 7, 2018

An empty hallway is pictured in a hospital in Philadelphia.

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Friday, December 7, 2018

A general view of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington May 27, 2015. Tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. taxpayers was illegally accessed by cyber criminals over the past four months, U.S. IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of data thefts that have alarmed American consumers. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - GF10000109446

When does better policy information change minds?

Vanessa Williamson

Friday, December 7, 2018

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