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U.S. President Donald Trump meets French President Emmanuel Macron in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1544DC4470

What to expect from Macron’s visit to the U.S.

Célia Belin · Friday, April 20, 2018

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

Marijuana Policy

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

John Hudak and George Burroughs

Thursday, April 19, 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

US President Donald Trump prepares to give a speech during the panel discussion "Launch Event Women's Entrepreneur Finance Initiative" on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Patrik STOLLARZ/Pool - RC1493FA8850

Global Economy

Do global forums influence domestic macroeconomic policies anymore?

Friday, April 20, 2018

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

Events

Development Seminar | Manufacturing Jobs: Implications for Productivity & Inequality

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

Girls’ life skills programming: Insights from Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Tanzania

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

Agricultural development: Smart investing for global food security

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

A globe is seen on a desk.

Brookings Now

On Earth Day, 5 facts about environmental policy and research

Friday, April 20, 2018

People vote at a polling place at the Canterbury Town Hall polling station in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

Brookings Now

Charts of the week: Congressional primaries, Canada’s First Nations population, and the market for child care

Friday, April 20, 2018

Google's CEO Sundar Pichai (L) and country manager for Nigeria Juliet Ehimuan speak during a conference tagged 'Google for Nigeria' in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC193A6B3190

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Google Go launch, DRC humanitarian conference, and WB/IMF Spring Meetings

Friday, April 20, 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

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A member of security forces stands guard as people queue to cast their vote during the presidential election in Alexandria, Egypt March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1FD9AF2790

Development for security: Lending for peace?

Friday, April 20, 2018

A migrant converses with a teacher during Italian language classes near the former Olympic village in Turin

Teachers have been moonlighting in Texas—and elsewhere—to make ends meet

Friday, April 20, 2018

A worker collects cuttings from a marijuana plant at the Canopy Growth Corporation facility.

Fixing America’s broken marijuana policies

Fred Dews and John Hudak

Friday, April 20, 2018

Steel pipes waiting to be loaded and transferred to the port are seen at a steel mill in Cangzhou, Hebei province, China March 19, 2018. Picture taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Muyu Xu - RC1CB23F00A0

A brave new world: Xi’s Xiong’an

Cheng Li and Gary Xie

Friday, April 20, 2018

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

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

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, April 20, 2018

The challenge of local governance in an age of disorder

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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