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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his American Jobs Plan near the Calcasieu River Bridge in Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S., May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Barriers to achieving US climate goals are more political than technical

Samantha Gross · Monday, May 10, 2021

A Now Hiring sign at Rally's Drive-In restaurant, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Cleveland. (Photo by Image of Sport/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Podcast Episode

Why did US jobs growth slow in April?

Stephanie Aaronson and Adrianna Pita

Friday, May 7, 2021

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Construction site at sunset.

Infrastructure

A new vision for American infrastructure

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Report

What lies beneath: Evidence from leaked account data on how elites use offshore banking

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

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Graduating students of Indian River State College gathered Monday, May 3, 2021, for a "drive-in" commencement ceremony at the Treasure Coast Public Safety Training Complex in Fort Pierce. More than 3,200 students will receive their degrees this spring, marking the ninth consecutive year the graduating class of IRSC will exceed 3,000.Tcn Irsc Graduation

Higher Education

Is free college a good idea? Increasingly, evidence says yes

Douglas N. Harris

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Latest Research

John Bumgarner, a cyber warfare expert who is chief technology officer of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, a non-profit group that studies the impact of cyber threats, works on his laptop computer during a portrait session in Charlotte, North Carolina December 1, 2011. A cyber warfare expert claims he has linked the Stuxnet computer virus that attacked Iran's nuclear program in 2010 to Conficker, a mysterious worm that surfaced in late 2008 and infected millions of PCs. Conficker was used to open back doors into computers in Iran, then infect them with Stuxnet, according to research Bumgarner, a retired U.S. Army special-operations veteran and former intelligence officer. To match Insight - CYBERSECURITY/IRAN REUTERS/John Adkisson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY MILITARY)

Technology & Innovation

Detecting and mitigating bias in natural language processing

Monday, May 10, 2021

Access to Health Care

Income volatility and health care decision-making

Mina Addo and Lisa Servon

Thursday, May 6, 2021

publicoption

Essay

Designing a public option that would reduce health care provider prices

Matthew Fiedler

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

2020 Elections

Demographics & Population

Turnout in 2020 election spiked among both Democratic and Republican voting groups, new census data shows

William H. Frey

May 5, 2021

The Long Museum West Bund was founded in 2014 by Shanghainese entrepreneur couple Liu Yiqian and Wang Wei. The museum site was previously the terminal for coal shipping on the Huangpu River. Visitors to the museum can still see the view of a coal hopper unloading bridge from atop a retainer column built in the 1950s.

Essay

Shanghai’s dynamic art scene: China’s cosmopolitan middle class and the value of international cultural exchanges

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Events

Living wills for housing government-sponsored enterprises: Implementation and impact

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Rethinking the economics of child care and paid leave: Policies to protect workers and families

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Middle-class Shanghai: Reshaping US-China engagement

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

Preschool children learning

Education Plus Development

4 tools to protect and enhance investment in early childhood development and education

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Ana Nieto, Jennifer Asman, Divya Lata, Elizabeth Lule, Claudia Vazquez, and Melissa Kelly

Monday, May 10, 2021

This aerial picture shows the Washington Monument standing on the National Mall and the White House at far left in Washington, U.S., June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1C9C4C2D70

FixGov

Protecting democracy and containing autocracy

Michael Hais, Doug Ross, and Morley Winograd

Monday, May 10, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions members of the Biden administration during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden cabinet members, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, testified about the American Jobs Plan, the administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that has yet to win over a single Republican in Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Pool/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

PlanetPolicy

Republicans in Congress are out of step with the American public on climate

Monday, May 10, 2021

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Books

Cvr: Turning Point

Turning Point

By Darrell M. West and John R. Allen

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: The Constitution of Knowledge

Upcoming

The Constitution of Knowledge

By Jonathan Rauch

2021

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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta attand a joint statement at State House, in Nairobi, Kenya, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Africa in the news: Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania updates

Christina Golubski, Tamara White, and Leo Holtz

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Podcast: Facebook Oversight Board delivers its Trump verdict

Benjamin Wittes, Evelyn Douek, Quinta Jurecic, and Jacob Schulz

Friday, May 7, 2021

A Mexican Navy vessel is seen next to masked men on skiffs fishing illegally inside the Vaquita Refuge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, off San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico March 3, 2020 in this picture released by the Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT SEA SHEPHERD.

Restore US-Mexico seafood trade and save the vaquita

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Alejandro Castillo López

Mexico Today Friday, May 7, 2021

AAPI Heritage Month: Safeguarding Asian American inclusion and belonging

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Hutchins Fiscal Impact Measure

Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure

Friday, May 7, 2021

President Donald Trump walks out of the room after an Operation Warp Speed Vaccine Summit in the South Court Auditorium of the of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on December 8, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Trump deplatforming decision highlights the impotence of Facebook’s Oversight Board

Friday, May 7, 2021