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Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery

Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner · Thursday, June 3, 2021

Race in American Public Policy

The true costs of the Tulsa race massacre, 100 years later

Andre M. Perry, Anthony Barr, and Carl Romer

Friday, May 28, 2021

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A police officer walks in front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

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How violent crime and abortion could reshape the 2022 midterm elections

William A. Galston

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

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An electoral worker shows voting material to a woman who was selected by the National Electoral Institute (INE) to act as a president of a polling station, ahead of the mid-term elections on June 6, at the Anapra neighborhood, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Mexico

The profound issues at stake in Mexico’s midterms

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 4, 2021

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Homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

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Long-run impacts of COVID-19 on extreme poverty

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

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Latest Research

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

How Biden can mitigate the consequences of CDC's mask guidelines

Kelly Kennedy and Dr. Leana Wen

Friday, June 4, 2021

Daily wage laborers and homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Report

Extreme poverty in the time of COVID-19

Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A worker from a telecommunications company inspects a 5G technology device connected to an experimental 5G network, in Santiago, Chile March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

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Bridging the global digital divide: A platform to advance digital development in low- and middle-income countries

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Memphis

Economic Development

Reinvesting in urban cores can revitalize entire regions

DW Rowlands and Tracy Hadden Loh

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Broadband

Infrastructure

The American Rescue Plan is the broadband down payment the country needs

Adie Tomer and Caroline George

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Events

Why understanding the origin of COVID-19 is essential for policymakers: Discussing future regulations to prevent pandemics

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

How education innovations flourish

11:00 AM - Thursday Jun 10, 2021 5:00 PM EDT

Canceled – A conversation on the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

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Blog Posts

Players compete during a match of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) at the Kigali Arena in Kigali on May 27, 2021. - The French president arrived in Rwanda on May 27, 2021, for a highly symbolic visit aimed at moving on from three decades of diplomatic tensions over France's role in the 1994 genocide in the country. The French president is the first French leader since 2010 to visit the East African nation, which has long accused France of complicity in the killing of some 800,000 mostly Tutsi Rwandans. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / various sources / Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Basketball Africa League, COVID-19, and security updates

Chris Heitzig, Tamara White, and Leo Holtz

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, during a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Order from Chaos

After Bibi

Friday, June 4, 2021

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Up Front

Class Notes: Increasing low-income applicants to selective colleges, paid family leave, and more

Ariel Gelrud Shiro and Richard V. Reeves

Friday, June 4, 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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The new climate narrative

Monday, June 7, 2021

Person receives their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Mumbai, India.

We are a long way from vaccinating the world. Could a patent waiver help?

David Dollar and Matthew M. Kavanagh

Monday, June 7, 2021

Isaiah Stratton, 24 of East Rutherford hugs Jasmyne Mena, 23 of Rutherford, organizer of a Black Lives Matter march and rally held in Rutherford in response to the killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans. Stratton spoke during the rally at Lincoln Park on Sunday, June 7, 2020.News George Floyd Black Lives Matter

A Black Brother needs love, too

Jhacova Williams

Friday, June 4, 2021

Bolstering Africa’s green transitions: The role of an African-European partnership

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EDT

Daily wage laborers and homeless people wait in a queue to receive free food during a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease in New Delhi. (Photo by Amarjeet Kumar Singh / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The post-pandemic whiplash awaiting the world’s poor

Friday, June 4, 2021

A French soldier is seen operating a laptop computer while seated.

Hacked drones and busted logistics are the cyber future of warfare

Bruce Schneier and Tarah Wheeler

Friday, June 4, 2021