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Dana Inc. assembly technician Brandon Green wears a face mask as he works to assemble axles for automakers, as the auto industry begins reopening amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Dana plant in Toledo, Ohio,U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

To reopen the economy safely, we need both liability protection and hazard pay

Joshua Gotbaum · Thursday, May 21, 2020

Detroit residents line-up to be tested for free for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Sheffield Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

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Social distancing in Black and white neighborhoods in Detroit: A data-driven look at vulnerable communities

Makada Henry-Nickie and John Hudak

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen delivers her inaugural address at the Taipei Guest House in Taipei, Taiwan May 20, 2020. Wang Yu Ching/Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Taiwan

Taiwan’s president begins her second term with a call for unity

Richard C. Bush

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Staff of Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill waiting for customer to arrived for re-opens for indoor dining on May 18, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. The six year old family own restaurant with 30 plus employee re-opened approximately two months after shutting it's doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and lost over $300,000 of revenue during that time. Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill just received a PPP loan approval on May 6 and looking for most of they employee to come back to work. as Broward County starts the first phase of the states coronavirus pandemic re-opening plan, which includes openings with certain restrictions of businesses like barber shops, hair salon, restaurants and retail stores. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Business & Industry

In many of the hardest-hit states, COVID-19 small business relief is lagging

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

May 21, 2020

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A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building as seen with masked pedestrians speaking in the foreground, in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic. Today as the American death toll neared 85,000, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve warned that the potential economic cost of the COVID-19 pandemic had no modern precedent, and without strong Congressional action it could cause a wave of bankruptcies leading to permanent economic damage.(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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Americans want global engagement on fighting COVID-19

Thursday, May 21, 2020

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Latest Research

Buffalo

Demographics & Population

American cities saw uneven growth last decade, new census data show

William H. Frey

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Policy 2020

Data-driven approaches to subsidizing college enrollment costs

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Report

India’s limited trade connectivity with South Asia

Riya Sinha and Niara Sareen

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

General Motors production workers Dina Mays and Joseph Stanton work on the 10-speed transmission assembly at the General Motors (GM) Powertrain Transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. March 6, 2019. Picture taken March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC18171696D0

Report

Specificity of human capital: An occupation based on job-to-job transitions

Eduardo Levy Yeyati and Martín Montané

Friday, May 22, 2020

Chittaurgarh open mines

India

An analysis of non-fuel mineral blocks auctions in India

Ganesh Sivamani

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Events

Webinar: Containing COVID-19 — Greece’s successes and challenges ahead

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Webinar: COVID-19 and the financial system — How and why were financial markets disrupted?

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EDT

Webinar: State of the Capital region 2020 — A region in demographic and economic transition

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

The Avenue

Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

A woman leaves the polling place as winter storm blanketed the state on local election day in Plaistow, New Hampshire, U.S., March 13, 2018. On the orders of state officials, New Hampshire municipalities proceeded with scheduled elections despite a winter storm that covered the region in snow and made driving difficult. REUTERS/Randall Mikkelsen

FixGov

It’s time to fix Democrats’ Iowa and New Hampshire problem

Morley Winograd

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Riot police protect members of the Ku Klux Klan from counter-protesters as they arrive to rally in opposition to city proposals to remove or make changes to Confederate monuments in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

TechStream

Deen Freelon on why black trolls matter

Deen Freelon, Evelyn Douek, and Quinta Jurecic

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

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Books

Cover: Unlocking Africa's Business Potential

Unlocking Africa’s Business Potential

By Landry Signé

2020

Cover: Know Your Price

Know Your Price

By Andre M. Perry

2020

Cvr: The Iranian Revolution at Forty

The Iranian Revolution at Forty

Edited by Suzanne Maloney

2020

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New York City Police officer with face mask on Fifth Avenue during the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, NY, USA on April 1, 2020. New York City has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the U.S with over 47,000 cases. The pandemic has forced millions of New Yorkers into their homes as local and state government enforce another 30 day stay-at-home order to try and flatten the curve. Photo by Charles Guerin/ABACAPRESS.COM

The military, policing, and COVID-19

The Brookings Institution

Friday, April 3, 2020

Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani meets with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Kabul, Afghanistan March 23, 2020. Afghan Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Resolving the Ghani-Abdullah impasse in Afghanistan

John Allen and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

March 17, 2020; Detroit, MI, USA; Work goes on inside the pathology and laboratory medicine labs at the Henry Ford Hospital on W. Grand Blvd in Detroit , Michigan on Tuesday, March 17, 2020 where testing is happening for patients to see if they are positive or negative for the Coronavirus COVID-19. Mandatory Credit: Eric Seals/Detroit Free Press via USA TODAY NETWORK

COVID-19: A moment for unity

Saturday, March 21, 2020

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan's Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari

The US-Taliban peace deal: A road to nowhere

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Afghan senior politicians and members of a Taliban delegation attend peace talks in Moscow, Russia May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Good deals — and bad ones — with the Taliban

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Supporters of the National Socialist Movement, a white nationalist political group, give Nazi salutes while taking part in a swastika burning at an undisclosed location in Georgia, U.S., April 21, 2018. REUTERS/Go Nakamura SEARCH "POY GLOBAL" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.

White-Supremacist Violence Is Terrorism

The Atlantic

Monday, February 24, 2020

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