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What to make of Bill Barr’s letter

Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Mikhaila Fogel, Quinta Jurecic, and Matthew Kahn · Sunday, March 24, 2019

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Israel

Will Israel’s Palestinian Arab citizens turn out to vote?

Shibley Telhami

Monday, March 25, 2019

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Women staging a labor force comeback

Stacy A. Anderson, Lauren Bauer, Ryan Nunn, and Jay Shambaugh

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Ethiopia: Africa’s next powerhouse?

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Economic Development

Metro Monitor 2019: Inclusion remains elusive amid widespread metro growth and rising prosperity

Alan Berube, Isha Shah, Alec Friedhoff, and Chad Shearer

March 21, 2019

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Global development disrupted: Findings from a survey of 93 leaders

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Middle East & North Africa

Prospects for democracy in the Middle East: An interview with Salam Fayyad

Salam Fayyad and Bruce Jones

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 06, 2019 Police officers patrol a street after a blockade set by members of the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel to repel security forces during an anti-fuel theft operation in Santa Rosa de Lima, in Guanajuato state, Mexico, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Mexico

AMLO’s security policy: Creative ideas, tough reality

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

DATE IMPORTED: March 15, 2019. Soldiers keep watch near a crime scene where the bodies were left by unknown assailants, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico

Mexico’s out-of-control criminal market

Vanda Felbab-Brown

March 2019

Iran

Constraining Iran’s missile capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Vann H. Van Diepen

March 2019

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Future Development

How global development leaders think their field is changing

George Ingram and Kristin M. Lord

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Customers shop for produce at the Food Project's Farmer's Market in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts August 14, 2007. Each year The Food Project hires 60 youth to grow food on their farms

The Avenue

Governors’ strategies for geographic and racial inclusion

Nathan Arnosti and John D. Ratliff

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Colourful handprints decorate window of childcare facility

Brown Center Chalkboard

Why requiring teacher qualifications for child care might not matter in practice

Chris Herbst

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Books

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2019

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

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The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Constraining Iran’s future nuclear capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Richard Nephew

March 2019

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The tragedy of tech companies: Getting the regulation they want

Tom Wheeler

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

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Automation perpetuates the red-blue divide

Mark Muro, Jacob Whiton, and Robert Maxim

March 19, 2019

Graduating students of the City College of New York sit together in their caps and gowns as they listen to U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's address during the College's commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, U.S., June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - D1BETHVBVCAA

What levels of racial diversity can be achieved with socioeconomic-based affirmative action? Evidence from a simulation model

Sean Reardon, Rachel Baker, Matt Kasman, Daniel Klasik, and Joseph B. Townsend

Monday, March 25, 2019

School children attend class at Waterstone College, a private school managed by Curro in the south of Johannesburg July 22, 2015. South African private education group Advtech rejected a takeover offer from its bigger rival Curro Holdings, saying on Tuesday the proposal contained "unacceptable pre-conditions". Advtech's shares fell more than 7 percent shortly after the announcement that it had rejected Curro's bid, but pared losses to close down 2.93 percent at 11.60 rand. The shares are up about 30 percent so far this year. Curro's stock shed 0.83 percent to close on 11.70 rand. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - GF10000166735

Agent-based simulation models of the college sorting process

Sean Reardon, Matt Kasman, Daniel Klasik, and Rachel Baker

Monday, March 25, 2019

People sit in front of makeshift living quarters, as a commuter train passes through, near a slum area in Jakarta, Indonesia September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta - RC1D83C7C230

The rich can fight inequality, too

Kaushik Basu

Monday, March 25, 2019

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The Mueller report and the Barr letter: What happens now?

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