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Graduates of The City College of New York sit in their seats at their commencement ceremony in Manhattan on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar - RC1E2B862140

Five facts about student loans

Kadija Yilla and David Wessel · Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Row houses are seen in the historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago November 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the designation of the Pullman neighborhood as a national park on February 19, according to park advocates. The neighborhood's brick homes and ornate public buildings were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeper car factory. Picture taken November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - TM3EABN1EN001

Policy 2020

How are communities making housing more affordable for middle-income families?

Tiffany Ford and Jenny Schuetz

Friday, November 8, 2019

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Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013. The declaration, which helped touch off the American Revolution in 1776, begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth..." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E97406U201

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The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Rebecca Winthrop and Meg Huebeck

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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Immigrants are sworn in as new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1AFC189020

Policy 2020

How many undocumented immigrants are in the United States and who are they?

Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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People pass the East Side Gallery close to river Spree during sunset in Berlin, Germany, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E5D992B80

Essay

German lessons

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Monday, November 4, 2019

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Latest Research

The Journal de Morges newspaper is being printed in the KBA rotary press at the Lausanne Printing Center (Centre d'Impression Lausanne), owned by Tamedia, in Bussigny, Switzerland, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse - RC1A045A9390

Media & Journalism

Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its local newsrooms

Clara Hendrickson

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

U.S. Department of Labor

Economic Development

Moving federal jobs out of Washington could work, if it’s done correctly

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Supporters react to election results during the watch party for Kentucky's Attorney General Andy Beshear, running for governor against Republican incumbent Matt Bevin, in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Harrison McClary - RC2G5D95SWRE

Campaigns & Elections

This week’s election and last year’s midterms bear good news for Democrats in 2020

William H. Frey

Thursday, November 7, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order.

Regulatory Policy

Accounting for regulatory reform under Executive Order 13771

Bridget Dooling, Mark Febrizio, and Daniel Pérez

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Judge Thad Balkman welcomes a full court on the first day of a trial of Johnson & Johnson over claims they engaged in deceptive marketing that contributed to the national opioid epidemic in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford - RC1B6406EEF0

Technology & Innovation

How to improve technical expertise for judges in AI-related litigation

Melissa Whitney

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Events

Beirut 1958: How America’s wars in the Middle East began

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

“Cause of Death” – A film screening and panel discussion with the director

4:00 PM - 6:30 PM EST

Taxing capital income: Mark-to-market and other approaches

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

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Blog Posts

Allseas' deep sea pipe laying ship Solitaire lays pipes for Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea September 13, 2019. Picture taken September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Stine Jacobsen - RC19E7D92D80

Order from Chaos

Congress, Nord Stream II, and Ukraine

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Brookings Now

Meet Stephanie Aaronson, vice president and director of Economic Studies

Tamari Dzotsenidze

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Saturday, November 9, 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

The Brookings Institution

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Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

Brookings India

Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India