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We’re almost out of time: The alarming IPCC climate report and what to do next

Nathan Hultman · Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is taunting Trump

Friday, October 12, 2018

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Middle Class

The middle class needs a tax cut: Trump didn’t give it to them

Isabel V. Sawhill and Christopher Pulliam

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Courts & Law

What’s happening with the ethics complaints against Brett Kavanaugh?

Russell Wheeler

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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2018 Midterms

Will changing demographics affect the 2018 midterms?

William H. Frey

Monday, October 15, 2018

Latest Research

Atlantic City

Housing Markets & Finance

HUD can’t fix exclusionary zoning by withholding CDBG funds

Monday, October 15, 2018

Mother consoling her teenage daughter.

U.S. Economy

Work requirements and safety net programs

Lauren Bauer, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, and Jay Shambaugh

Monday, October 15, 2018

Infrastructure trainees

Infrastructure

Can “infrastructure academies” solve our most pressing workforce challenges?

Joseph Kane and Lara Fishbane

Friday, October 12, 2018

pre-k children

Early Childhood Education

The evaluation roadmap for optimizing pre-K programs

Anna D. Johnson, Deborah A. Phillips, and Owen Schochet

Thursday, October 11, 2018

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France

Balancing act: The limits of pragmatism in the Franco-American relationship and the way forward

October 2018

Events

Unconventional monetary policy: How well did it work?

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Enemy of the people

3:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

How will values shape U.S.-China competition?

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

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Future Development

World Food Day 2018: The elusive quest to end hunger

Homi Kharas and Lorenz Noe

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Order from Chaos

Welcome to the jungle

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Brookings Now

An economic agenda for the forgotten Americans in a divided nation

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

More

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A big election year for states in the 2018 midterms

Amy Liu and Fred Dews

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Briefing by Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu on Prime Minister Modi’s Visit to Japan

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Panel Discussion | Renewable Energy and India’s energy transition: A status check

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Shamika Ravi

‘North-south binary is too simplistic for mapping economic performance of states’

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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How Brexit will remake the United Kingdom

Monday, October 15, 2018

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Ahead of elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experts explain what’s at stake

Adam Twardowski

Monday, October 15, 2018

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

Brookings Doha

Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India