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Among essential workers, big partisan divides in attitudes on social distancing

Richard V. Reeves · Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Technology & Innovation

5 steps to get the internet to all Americans

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA- Police and military carry out health checks on drivers as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2020. King Salman of Saudi Arabia extended the curfew throughout the country until new notice due to the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, as reported on Sunday (12) by the Interior Ministry. Saudi Arabia placed its capital Riyadh and other major cities under a 24-hour curfew, blocking much of the population from stopping the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.

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As a global economic crisis wreaks havoc on Saudi Arabia, the kingdom should reduce military spending

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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A vegetables seller waits for customers at Bara taxi rank, during a nationwide lockdown, aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Soweto, South Africa, April 23,2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

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COVID-19 and the future of work in Africa: How to shore up incomes for informal sector workers

Louise Fox and Landry Signé

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The effects of COVID-19 on international labor markets: An update

Jonathan Rothwell

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Still the world’s safe haven? Redesigning the U.S. Treasury market after the COVID-19 crisis

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Demographics & Population

American cities saw uneven growth last decade, new census data show

William H. Frey

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Policy 2020

Data-driven approaches to subsidizing college enrollment costs

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Report

India’s limited trade connectivity with South Asia

Riya Sinha and Niara Sareen

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Events

Webinar: State of the Capital region 2020 — A region in demographic and economic transition

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

CANCELED — Webinar: Jihadism at a crossroads

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT

Webinar: How COVID-19 and the oil shock will reshape the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

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Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Living standards, macroprudential policies, and more

Manuel Alcalá Kovalski, Sage Belz, Jeffrey Cheng, and David Wessel

Thursday, May 28, 2020

The kindergarten classroom of Emily Williams sits idle, left for over two months after schools closed down on March 12th at Minglewood Elementary School in Clarksville, Tenn., on Thursday, May 14, 2020.Hpt Minglewood Clearing Out 15

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The impact of COVID-19 on student achievement and what it may mean for educators

Jim Soland, Megan Kuhfeld, Beth Tarasawa, Angela Johnson, Erik Ruzek, and Jing Liu

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Trucks queue as their drivers undergo health screening, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at the Namanga one stop border crossing point between Kenya and Tanzania in Namanga, Kenya, May 12, 2020. Picture taken May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

Africa in focus

Figures of the week: Regional integration in Africa

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

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Books

Cover: Unlocking Africa's Business Potential

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

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

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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

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White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism

The Atlantic

Monday, February 24, 2020

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