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Harsh economic times affecting household budgets

New SNAP rule change just made it harder to combat future recessions

Lauren Bauer, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh · Wednesday, December 4, 2019

BBC presenter Nick Robinson speaks in front of Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, former Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Labour Party's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, Conservative Party's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak, Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice, SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson before a general election debate in Cardiff, Britain November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool - RC27LD97TG7M

Brexit

Britain goes to the polls in a high-stakes election

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Podcast Episode

What is the US doing on climate change?

Nathan Hultman and Adrianna Pita

Monday, December 2, 2019

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Game on: What to make of Senate privacy bills and hearing

Cameron F. Kerry

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

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Row houses

Housing Markets & Finance

“Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods

Alex Baca, Patrick McAnaney, and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Latest Research

An image of Israeli soldiers is seen on a computer screen with colourful markings of a face recognition programming script, during a cyber security training course, called a Hackathon, at iNT Institute of Technology and Innovation, at a high-tech park in Beersheba, southern Israel August 28, 2017. Picture taken August 28, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC1DE502FAB0

Technology & Innovation

Fairness in algorithmic decision-making

Friday, December 6, 2019

A "Now Hiring" sign stands outside a business.

Technology & Innovation

Challenges for mitigating bias in algorithmic hiring

Manish Raghavan and Solon Barocas

Friday, December 6, 2019

People look at data on their mobiles as background with internet wire cables on switch hub is projected in this picture illustration taken May 30, 2018. Picture taken May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RC138602D200

Privacy

Privacy policy and competition

Alex Marthews and Catherine Tucker

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A child gets some help with balance as they skate at the Bryant Park Skating rink in the Manhattan borough of New York November 30, 2014. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY TRAVEL) - GM1EAC10E0T01

Middle Class

A primer on access to and use of paid family leave

Isabel V. Sawhill, Sarah Nzau, and Katherine Guyot

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A general view of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington February 28, 2013. Positions hardened on Wednesday between U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders over the budget crisis even as they arranged to hold last-ditch talks to prevent harsh automatic spending cuts beginning this week. Looking resigned to the $85 billion in "sequestration" cuts starting on Friday, government agencies began reducing costs and spelling out to employees how furloughs will work. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - GM1E92S1U0N01

Policy 2020

Improving congressional capacity to address problems and oversee the executive branch

Molly E. Reynolds

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Events

The great reversal: How America gave up on free markets

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Remembering Stephen P. Cohen (1936-2019): His Contribution to U.S.-India Relations and South Asian Studies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Brokered deposits in the fintech age

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

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Blog Posts

Brookings holiday books

Brookings Now

The Brookings Institution Press holiday reading list

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Cattle hauler truck driver and his daughters standing in front of his truck. It is raining.

Up Front

Who was poor in the US in 2018?

Lauren Bauer, Emily Moss, and Jay Shambaugh

Thursday, December 5, 2019

A Ukrainian national flag flies over the parliament building (Verkhovna Rada) during a parliament session to review a proposal by President Petro Poroshenko to introduce martial law for 60 days after Russia seized Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea, in Kiev, Ukraine, November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich - RC1BD2505A10

Order from Chaos

Why care about Ukraine and the Budapest Memorandum

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Upcoming

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

From Gutenberg to Google

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A mourner holds a candle during a vigil at scene of a mass shooting in Dayton

Gun violence in America: A true national security threat

Monday, August 5, 2019

The president of Estonia speaks at Brookings.

Defending shared values: Estonia in an evolving Europe

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A member of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks after the U.S.-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory, in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC15D28C9E00

The ‘Caliphate’ Is Dead, but Americans Might Not Be Any Safer

The Atlantic

Saturday, March 23, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

The Brookings Institution

Monday, February 11, 2019

Primary school students wear virtual reality (VR) headsets inside a classroom in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC16E4321880

Why we need to rethink education in the artificial intelligence age

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Brookings Around The World

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

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New Delhi, Delhi, India