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Marijuana is seen for sale at Harborside, one of California's largest and oldest dispensaries of medical marijuana, on the first day of legalized recreational marijuana sales in Oakland, California, U.S., January 1, 2018. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage - RC14812827E0

In a new documentary short, Brookings looks at the human side of medical cannabis policy

John Hudak and George Burroughs · Thursday, April 19, 2018

South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC16431E75C0

North Korea

Kim Jong-un has a maximum pressure and engagement strategy of his own

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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Environment

Earth Day during the Trump Administration

Thursday, April 19, 2018

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Cities & Regions

Renewing America’s economic promise through older industrial cities

Alan Berube and Cecile Murray

April 2018

U.S. 1040 Individual Income Tax forms are seen in New York

Taxation

On tax day, what are the experts saying?

William G. Gale, Vanessa Williamson, Henry J. Aaron, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 13, 2018

Latest Research

ANAHEIM CALIFORNIA, May 25, 2016: Thousands of Supporters, wave signs and show their support for Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump at the Anaheim Convention Center rally on. 5.25.2016

Demographics & Population

America’s Electoral Future

Rob Griffin, Ruy Teixeira, and William H. Frey

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Kindergarten teacher Esenogwas Jacobs tidies her classroom at the end of the school day in the Six Nations Reserve January 31, 2008. Picture taken January 31, 2008. To match feature CANADA-CAYUGA/ REUTERS/Julie Gordon (CANADA) - GM1DXGPRJVAA

Early Childhood Education

What is the market price of daycare and preschool?

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, April 19, 2018

A housing construction project is seen in San Francisco, California.

Taxation

The early results of states’ Opportunity Zones are promising, but there’s still room for improvement

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

People demonstrate a high security digital unit built by Motion Pay, that allows customers to pay in Chinese yuan renminbi using Chinese online money payment services "WeChat Pay", and "Alipay", where payments get converted to Canadian dollars at point of sales locations in Canadian stores and businesses, in Toronto, Canada, May 24, 2017.

Financial Institutions

How new technologies can enhance anti-money laundering efforts and provide financial access

Michael Barr, Karen Gifford, and Aaron Klein

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Thousands listen to U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's speech at her final rally at Independence Hall on the eve of election day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Makela - S1AEULOVLWAA

Global Governance & Politics

The populist challenge to liberal democracy

William A. Galston

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Events

A new EIB bond product in support of the Global Goals: Building a sustainable financial system

8:45 AM - 10:40 AM EDT

A Conversation with Felipe Larraín Bascuñán

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Manufacturing Jobs: Implications for Productivity & Inequality

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Blog Posts

Men walk past the ruins of a building that was destroyed during clashes between Libyan forces and Islamic State militants, in Sirte, Libya, November 1, 2017. Picture taken November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - RC16BEF8E700

Order from Chaos

All politics is local—in Libya, that could be an opportunity

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, April 20, 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron waves from his car as he leaves after a visit about local and organic food supply in school canteens, at the secondary school Guy Dolmaire in Mirecourt, France, April 19, 2018. Patrick Hertzog/Pool via Reuters - RC148066A640

Order from Chaos

The fate of the Western alliance is in Macron’s hands

William Drozdiak

Friday, April 20, 2018

Demonstrators hold a placard during a rally for gender equality and against violence towards women on International Women's Day in Kiev, Ukraine March 8, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko - LR1ED380Z0VFU

Future Development

Firming up pay equality

Jishnu Das and Clement Joubert

Thursday, April 19, 2018

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Books

Book cover: Kings and Presidents

Kings and Presidents

By Bruce Riedel

2017

Epidemic

By Reid Wilson

2018

Upcoming

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

More

The challenge of local governance in an age of disorder

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

22-year-old Errol Samuels from Queens, New York, who lost the use of his legs in 2012 after a roof collapsed onto him at an off-campus house party near where he was attending college in upstate New York, walks with a ReWalk electric powered exoskeletal suit during a therapy session with Alexandra Voigt, a clinical research coordinator and therapist, at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City March 26, 2014. Made by the Israeli company Argo Medical Technologies, ReWalk is a computer controlled device that powers the hips and knees to help those with lower limb disabilities and paralysis to walk upright using crutches. Allan Kozlowski, assistant professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hospital, where patients like Samuels are enrolled in his clinical trials of the ReWalk and another exoskeleton, the Ekso (Ekso Bionics) hopes machines like these will soon offer victims of paralysis new hope for a dramatically improved quality of life and mobility. The ReWalk is currently only approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in rehabilitation facilities like at Mount Sinai, as they weigh whether to approve the device for home use as it already is in Europe. Picture taken March 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EA3S1RTR01

The essential scan: Top findings in health policy research

Abigail Durak, Stephanie Hedt, Will Palmisano, and Paul B. Ginsburg

Thursday, April 19, 2018

hutchinsroundup

Hutchins Roundup: Online surveys, mortgage-backed securities, and more

Finn Schuele and David Wessel

Thursday, April 19, 2018

A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer's car at PetroChina's petrol station in Nantong, Jiangsu province, China March 28, 2018. Picture taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1D409DBC40

China’s currency displacing the dollar in global oil trade? Don’t count on it.

David Dollar and Samantha Gross

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Helping children of incarcerated parents and children in foster care

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

A boy raises the Cuban flag during a daily ceremony held at a school in the village of Santo Domingo, in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba, April 2, 2018. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini SEARCH "SANTO DOMINGO" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC16E4FBAB90

What to expect from a post-Castro Cuba

Wednesday, April 18, 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