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Police officers wearing protective face masks stop a passenger to check his documents before entering the ferry station to go to Niteroi, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

How COVID-19 is changing law enforcement practices by police and by criminal groups

Vanda Felbab-Brown · Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Jonathan Yoder and his family

Longform

From rural digital divides to local solutions

Nicol Turner Lee

Thursday, April 2, 2020

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Reynaldo Faust, who opened a restaurant few weeks ago waits for costumers for takeout orders after local authorities restricted the activities of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and other similar businesses and rolled out a midnight curfew for precaution due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

U.S. Economy

Coronavirus economic relief cannot neglect Black-owned business

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Bank building

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Banks should suspend share repurchases for longer

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Libby Hantzandreou, owner of Libby's Restaurant on 8th and Tatnall St., cooks up breakfast for her customers in the kitchen.Wil Libby Retires

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What makes a job meaningful?

Milena Nikolova and Femke Cnossen

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Latest Research

US National Capitol in Washington, DC. American landmark.

Report

Three important questions to answer about US financial stabilization policies amid the coronavirus recession

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

People walk near the light rail in the centre of Jerusalem October 18, 2015. A surge in Palestinian attacks in Israel is raising concerns that the weakening economy could eventually be pushed into recession. Picture taken October 18, 2015. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

Abstract blurred photo of store with trolley in department store background. Supermarket aisle with empty red shopping cart

State & Local Fiscal Policy

Who stands to lose if the final SNAP work requirement rule takes effect?

Lauren Bauer, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh

Monday, April 6, 2020

People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Unemployment insurance is failing workers during COVID-19. Here’s how to strengthen it

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Caroline George

Monday, April 6, 2020

SF downtown, 5th St. and Mission St. had only three pedestrians crossing at a light cycle during the Shelter in Place order on March 17, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif. Paul Kuroda/SIPA No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Demographics & Population

Even before coronavirus, census shows U.S. cities’ growth was stagnating

William H. Frey

Monday, April 6, 2020

Events

Webinar: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on COVID-19 and the economy

10:00 AM - 10:35 AM EDT

Webinar: Addressing widespread closures in the retail and hospitality industries

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

POSTPONED- Webinar: A conversation with the director of the Missile Defense Agency

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

RIAD, SAUDI ARABIA- Health personnel carry out disinfection tasks in the streets and public places, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 2, 2020. The government of Saudi Arabia ordered this Thursday (2) the Confinement of the population in the cities of Mecca and Medina to try to contain the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, which has already left 1,885 confirmed cases and 21 deaths in the country.

Up Front

GCC News Roundup: Further restrictions imposed in Gulf States as COVID-19 cases increase (March 1-31)

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo at a press conference at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center during the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak on March 30, 2020 in New York City.BANG MEDIA INTERNATIONAL FAMOUS PICTURES 28 HOLMES ROAD LONDON NW5 3AB UNITED KINGDOM tel +44 (0) 02 7485 1005 email: pictures@famous.uk.com

FixGov

Cuomo and Trump’s daily briefings in a propaganda world

Linda Peek Schacht

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Commuters walk through Canary Wharf, as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world and as European stocks plunge into bear market territory, in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

Future Development

Using big data to assess London’s vulnerabilities and vitality

Katharina Fenz, Kristofer Hamel, Baldwin Tong, and Andreas Walli

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

Cvr: Fateful Triangle

Fateful Triangle

By Tanvi Madan

2020

Cvr: The Iranian Revolution at Forty

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

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New York City Police officer with face mask on Fifth Avenue during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, NY, USA on April 1, 2020. New York City has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the U.S with over 47,000 cases. The pandemic has forced millions of New Yorkers into their homes as local and state government enforce another 30 day stay-at-home order to try and flatten the curve. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

The military, policing, and COVID-19

The Brookings Institution

Friday, April 3, 2020

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kabul, Afghanistan March 23, 2020. Afghan Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Resolving the Ghani-Abdullah impasse in Afghanistan

John Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

March 17, 2020; Detroit, MI, USA; Work goes on inside the pathology and laboratory medicine labs at the Henry Ford Hospital on W. Grand Blvd in Detroit , Michigan on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 where testing is happening for patients to see if they are positive or negative for the Coronavirus COVID-19. Mandatory Credit: Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK

COVID-19: A moment for unity

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan's Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari

The US-Taliban peace deal: A road to nowhere

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Afghan senior politicians and members of a Taliban delegation attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Good deals — and bad ones — with the Taliban

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Go Nakamura SEARCH "POY GLOBAL" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism

The Atlantic

Monday, February 24, 2020

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