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Harsh economic times affecting household budgets

New SNAP rule change just made it harder to combat future recessions

Lauren Bauer, Jana Parsons, and Jay Shambaugh · Wednesday, December 4, 2019

BBC presenter Nick Robinson speaks in front of Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price, former Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas, Labour Party's shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey, Conservative Party's Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak, Brexit Party chairman Richard Tice, SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson before a general election debate in Cardiff, Britain November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool - RC27LD97TG7M

Brexit

Britain goes to the polls in a high-stakes election

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Podcast Episode

What is the US doing on climate change?

Nathan Hultman and Adrianna Pita

Monday, December 2, 2019

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A frieze of an American Eagle is seen during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2MOD9A4T41

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What is and what is not an impeachable offense? This week in impeachment

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Row houses

Housing Markets & Finance

“Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods

Alex Baca, Patrick McAnaney, and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

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Latest Research

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Workforce Development

The role of employers in addressing the skills gap

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

A worker is seen in the workshop of a factory manufacturing medical devices in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China July 27, 2018. Picture taken July 27, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC1FA7C86700

Workforce Development

How a medical tech company partners with higher education to build career ladders

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

Two young men in vocational school, taking a class on repairing diesel engines.

Workforce Development

Employee development through a ‘Pay for Skills’ program

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

Employees work on several 737 Max aircrafts at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC12CF24E470

Workforce Development

One company’s approach to workforce development: Charting unknown territory and emphasizing the fundamentals

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Workforce Development

For one manufacturer, providing educational opportunities is key to past and future success

Elizabeth Mann Levesque

Friday, December 6, 2019

Events

Remembering Stephen P. Cohen (1936-2019): His Contribution to U.S.-India Relations and South Asian Studies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

Brokered deposits in the fintech age

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

Spreading tech hubs to more of America: A proposal

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

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Blog Posts

President Hage Geingob of Namibia addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - HT1EC9L17ZA2K

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Namibia, Guinea-Bissau, Sudan, and Nigeria updates

Saturday, December 7, 2019

The main gate at Naval Air Station Pensacola is seen on Navy Boulevard in Pensacola, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2016. Picture taken March 16, 2016. U.S. Navy/Patrick Nichols/Handout via REUTERS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC2RPD9BC4N8

Order from Chaos

The Pensacola attack by a Saudi pilot: Implications for US-Saudi ties

Daniel L. Byman and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, December 6, 2019

A tractor cleans debris outside a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC2J9D9H43XW

Order from Chaos

What can we learn from the escalating Israeli raids in Syria?

Eyal Tsir Cohen and Kevin Huggard

Friday, December 6, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Upcoming

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2020

From Gutenberg to Google

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Soldiers and rescue workers unload aid from cargo aeroplane in Sittwe airpot at Sittwe, Rakhine state, August 5, 2015. The United States will announce an aid package for Myanmar to help the Southeast Asian country provide relief for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by floods, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday. More than 250,000 people have been affected and 69 killed by flooding that was triggered last week by monsoon rains, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - GF20000014051

US foreign aid is worth defending now more than ever

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

A mourner holds a candle during a vigil at scene of a mass shooting in Dayton

Gun violence in America: A true national security threat

Monday, August 5, 2019

The president of Estonia speaks at Brookings.

Defending shared values: Estonia in an evolving Europe

The Brookings Institution

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A member of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks after the U.S.-backed forces said they had captured Islamic State's last shred of territory, in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria, March 23, 2019. Picture taken March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC15D28C9E00

The ‘Caliphate’ Is Dead, but Americans Might Not Be Any Safer

The Atlantic

Saturday, March 23, 2019

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

The Brookings Institution

Monday, February 11, 2019

Primary school students wear virtual reality (VR) headsets inside a classroom in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. - RC16E4321880

Why we need to rethink education in the artificial intelligence age

The Brookings Institution

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Brookings Around The World

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The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Doha

Brookings Tsinghua

Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India