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U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive aboard Air Force One, for their first official visit to Britain, at Stansted Airport, Britain, July 12, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls - RC1138DA3BE0

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the Trump-Putin meeting and NATO summit

Thomas Wright, Alina Polyakova, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Steven Pifer, Pavel K. Baev, Amanda Sloat, Célia Belin, Kemal Kirişci, and Tarun Chhabra · Monday, July 16, 2018

A Chinese engineer and a local construction worker work on a section of the Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR) in Emali, Kenya October 10, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) tasked with the construction work at a cost of 3.8 billion U.S. dollars is due for completion in mid-2017. REUTERS/Noor Khamis - D1AERZDORFAA

China

American companies and Chinese Belt and Road in Africa

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The U.S. Department of Justice headquarters building is seen after Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced grand jury indictments of 12 Russian intelligence officers in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation in Washington, U.S., July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC189262E490

U.S. Politics & Government

Unpacked: Will Trump testify in Mueller’s Russia investigation?

Monday, July 16, 2018

A woman walks past a sign advertising a sale in the Old Town shopping area of Pasadena, California, U.S. June 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni - RC16547F38A0

State & Local Finance

The history and future of the retail sales tax

Vivien Lee and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

A townhouse for sale that is currently under contract is seen in Bethesda, Maryland December 30, 2015. Contracts to buy previously owned U.S. homes fell in November for the third time in four months, a signal that growth in the U.S. housing market could be cooling. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) said on Wednesday its pending home sales index slipped 0.9 percent to 106.9. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Housing Markets & Finance

Under US housing policies, homeowners mostly win, while renters mostly lose

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Latest Research

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

U.S. Politics & Government

Tracking turnover in the Trump administration

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Elaine Kamarck, and Nicholas W. Zeppos

Monday, July 16, 2018

A health insurance navigator explains services at a booth in Arizona

Health Care Policy

Stabilizing and strengthening the individual health insurance market

Friday, July 13, 2018

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

Technology & Innovation

Why protecting privacy is a losing game today—and how to change the game

Cameron F. Kerry

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Paola Garcia reads a book with her three-year-old daughter Emily at Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program in the Roslindale neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts March 5, 2013. Garcia attends classes to learn English as a second language while her daughter attends Head Start, which provides early learning for children. According to ABCD, 95 percent of the money for the Head Start program comes from the federal government, funding that faces cuts under sequestration. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E9360GQG01

Early Childhood Education

Does state pre-K improve children’s achievement?

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, July 12, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Great Falls, Montana, U.S., July 5, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1908AFAD00

Regulatory Policy

Regulatory lobbying has increased under the Trump administration, but the groups doing the lobbying may surprise you

Rachel Augustine Potter

Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Events

7th annual Municipal Finance Conference

1:15 PM - Tuesday Jul 17, 2018 12:45 PM EDT

From summits to solutions: Innovations in implementing the sustainable development goals

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Cultivating a vibrant U.S. market for biosimilars: A conversation with FDA’s Scott Gottlieb

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

German Economy and Technology Minister Michael Glos presents the annual economy report during a news conference in Berlin January 21, 2009. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke (GERMANY) - BM2E51L0X5S01

Future Development

What’s wrong with political leaders citing research?

Monday, July 16, 2018

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos addresses Education Department staff on her first day on the job in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX306ZX

Brown Center Chalkboard

Why Trump is trying to reduce the status of the Department of Education

Mona Vakilifathi

Monday, July 16, 2018

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a meeting in Helsinki, Finland July 16, 2018. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AA427BD00

Order from Chaos

Here’s what a Trump-Putin deal on Syria could look like

Steven Heydemann and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, July 16, 2018

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Books

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2018

Upcoming

Diversity Explosion

By William H. Frey

2018

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Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback speaks to supporters after winning re-election in the U.S. midterm elections in Topeka, Kansas, November 4, 2014. Brownback, a former U.S. senator and presidential candidate, won re-election despite a bruising campaign that focused on the fiscal problems that followed his tax cuts. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - GM1EAB512RY01

How state tax cuts in Kansas raised municipalities’ borrowing costs

Michael Ng and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

Supporters watch and listen as U.S. Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich speaks at a town hall meeting at Applewood House of Pancakes in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, February 11, 2016. REUTERS/Randall Hill - D1BESMLOUBAA

Present consequences of unfunded pension liabilities and ways forward

Jeffrey Cheng and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

A person carries a Puerto Rican national flag during a protest against the government's austerity measures as Puerto Rico faces a deadline on Monday to restructure its $70 billion debt load or open itself up to lawsuits from creditors, in San Juan, Puerto Rico May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez - RC1B567AF880

Why didn’t investors demand higher yields for buying Puerto Rican government bonds?

Joseph Figueroa and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

The Rocky Mountain News sign is seen on the Denver New Agency building in Denver, Colorado February 26, 2009. Media conglomerate EW Scripps Co will shutter the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rocky Mountain News after a sale process produced no qualified buyers, the company said. REUTERS/Mark Leffingwell (UNITED STATES) - GF2E52Q1P4Y01

How closures of local newspapers increase local government borrowing costs

Vivien Lee and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

Solar installers from Baker Electric place solar panels on the roof of a residential home in Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California, U.S. October 14, 2016. Picture taken October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake - S1AEUJDNLIAA

Municipalities could benefit from issuing more green bonds

Finn Schuele and David Wessel

Monday, July 16, 2018

Development Seminar | No free lunch: Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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