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Chicago

What the recovery from the Great Recession reveals about post-pandemic work and cities

Joanne Kim and Tracy Hadden Loh · Tuesday, March 2, 2021

File photo dated December 23, 2018 of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MBS) attends a graduation ceremony for Saudi airforce officers at King Faisal Airbase in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. A US intelligence report has found that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the murder of exiled Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. The report released by the Biden administration says the prince approved a plan to either "capture or kill" Khashoggi. Photo by Bandar Al Jaloud - Royal Palace / ABACAPRESS.COM

Podcast Episode

How should the US respond to Mohammed bin Salman’s role in Khashoggi killing?

Bruce Riedel and Adrianna Pita

Monday, March 1, 2021

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Nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland, during his swearing in confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC U.S., February 22, 2021. Demetrius Freeman/Pool via REUTERS

Courts & Law

Merrick Garland, cannabis policy, and restorative justice

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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Congress

Essay

Health policy solutions for the Biden administration and the 117th U.S. Congress

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Earth networks

Podcast Episode

Proposals to meet global challenges in artificial intelligence and technology regulation

Joshua P. Meltzer, Landry Signé, and Fred Dews

Friday, February 26, 2021

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Latest Research

COVID spread

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

One year in, COVID-19’s uneven spread across the US continues

William H. Frey

Friday, March 5, 2021

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Report

Digital capital and superstar firms

Prasanna Tambe, Lorin M. Hitt, Daniel Rock, and Erik Brynjolfsson

Thursday, March 4, 2021

automation

Workforce Development

Race and jobs at risk of being automated in the age of COVID-19

Kristen Broady, Darlene Booth-Bell, Jason Coupet, and Moriah Macklin

Thursday, March 4, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Iberdrola's power generating wind turbines are seen against cloudy sky at Moranchon wind farm in central Spain December 17, 2012. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

Climate Change

The future of electric power in the United States

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Ebone Jolly RN, prepares to administer a Covid-19 test to Shu Rice, 59, of Detroit in the parking lot at The Joseph Walker Williams Community Center Friday Nov. 13, 2020.Covidtesting 111320 15 Mw

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Examining and addressing COVID-19 racial disparities in Detroit

Rashawn Ray, Jane Fran Morgan, Lydia Wileden, Samantha Elizondo, and Destiny Wiley-Yancy

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Events

US-German and trans-Atlantic relations in the 21st century: Launch of the Fritz Stern Chair

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Setting a new agenda for American cities

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Should the government play a role in reducing algorithmic bias?

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM EST

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Blog Posts

Cryptocurrency Bitcoin Ethereum Smartphone

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and internet control updates

Christina Golubski and Leo Holtz

Saturday, March 6, 2021

FILE PHOTO: A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo

Order from Chaos

How to solve the Nord Stream 2 dilemma

Friday, March 5, 2021

A woman reads the newspapers frontpages at a Chiado newsagent, as Portuguese lockdown continues.Portugal, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic, authorised the renewal of the state of emergency until March 1st, to try to contain the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Gustavo Valiente Herrero / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

TechStream

Podcast: Emily Bell on journalism in the platform era

Emily Bell, Quinta Jurecic, and Evelyn Douek

Friday, March 5, 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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DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA- Community health workers operate a mobile health bus in Durban, South Africa on April 16, 2020. Health Minister Zikalala officially launched the mass detection campaign for Covid-19 coronavirus, going door to door all households in the country. (NO RESALE)

5 ways women are driving Africa’s transformation and contributing to a global reset

Winnie Byanyima and Caroline Kende-Robb

Friday, March 5, 2021

Will Medicare run out of money?

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

A U.S. flag decorates a for-sale sign at a home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, August 21, 2012. President Barack Obama said on Monday the U.S. housing market was "beginning to tick up" but was still not where it needs to be. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS) - GM1E88M0DXE01

Algorithms and housing discrimination: Rethinking HUD’s new disparate impact rule

John Villasenor and Virginia Foggo

Friday, March 5, 2021

A girl reacts as she carries a bucket with laundry on her head while heading home as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Yoff neighbourhood, Dakar, Senegal January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

Putting girls at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic response in Africa

Friday, March 5, 2021

Fig2

Charts of the Week: Overdraft fees; stagnant US child population growth; federal climate planning

Friday, March 5, 2021

Remembering the first ‘space war’: A discussion with Lt. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EDT