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Chairman Ajit Pai (C) leads a vote on the repeal of so called net neutrality rules at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC18AF078D70

The internet still works after the net neutrality repeal. Now Congress must act to save it.

Nicol Turner-Lee · Friday, December 15, 2017

Supporters of Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones celebrate at the election night party in Birmingham, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. Photo taken December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry - RC1DA162DEB0

Campaigns & Elections

Alabama is a precursor to the black vote’s value in 2018 and 2020

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia.

Russia

Putin’s disinformation war on the West

Alina Polyakova and Fred Dews

Friday, December 15, 2017

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish pupils discuss the Bible at the Nahardea school in Nehalim near Tel Aviv January 26, 2010. Inside a modern economy renowned for its innovative high-tech sector, they see a growing problem. Critics say the Jewish pupils who attend ultra-Orthodox schools can recite chapter and verse of the Bible, but most can't spell the name of their largest Arab neighbour, Egypt, in English. Picture taken January 26, 2010. To match feature ISRAEL/EDUCATION REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (ISRAEL - Tags: EDUCATION RELIGION) - GM1E62G19C901

Education

Complementary strategies for teaching collaboration and critical thinking skills

Tara Barnett, Ben Lawless, Helyn Kim, and Alvin Vista

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin sits after swearing-in Joseph M. Otting as Comptroller of the Currency in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1487FF4710

Regulatory Policy

Biggest financial regulation stories of 2017, and what to watch in 2018

Martin Neil Baily and Aaron Klein

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Latest Research

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the 8th ammunition industry convention is held on December 11, 2017 in Pyongyang in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)

North Korea

Beyond maximum pressure: A pathway to North Korean denuclearization

Jung H. Pak and Ryan Hass

December 2017

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Education

New evidence on school choice and racially segregated schools

Grover J. “Russ” Whitehurst

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Travelers navigate the traffic as people hit the road before the busy Thanksgiving Day weekend in Chicago

Transportation Industry

Smart transportation in China and the United States

Yuming Ge, Xiaoman Liu, Libo Tang, and Darrell M. West

Thursday, December 14, 2017

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Education

Eleven facts about innovation and patents

Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Becca Portman

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah display Hezbollah and Iranian flags as they listen to him via a screen during a rally marking the 11th anniversary of the end of Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel, in the southern village of Khiam, Lebanon August 13, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher

Middle East & North Africa

Spectacles after the fall of ISIS Caliphate

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Events

Should the Fed stick with the 2 percent inflation target or rethink it?

1:00 PM - 5:15 PM EST

Advancing female entrepreneurship in the developing world: A look at Africa

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Advancing U.S. innovation by reforming patent and R&D policy

1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST

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Blog Posts

Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Malis President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita arrive for a media conference during a meeting to discuss how to speed up the implementation of the G5 West African counter-terrorism force, in La Celle Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC1669699860

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: France hosts G-5 Sahel summit, Zimbabwe presents 2018 budget, and UN peacekeeping base in DRC attacked

Friday, December 15, 2017

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Brookings Now

Charts of the week: Racial imbalance in schools, patent applications, and the child tax credit

Friday, December 15, 2017

Professor Mirza Oruc trains students of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Zenica Department of Health Care in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina March 7, 2017. Picture taken March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic - RC12384A0CD0

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Why is minority representation lagging among STEM faculty? It could be the money.

Friday, December 15, 2017

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Books

Book cover: Kings and Presidents

Kings and Presidents

By Bruce Riedel

2017

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The Year I Was Peter the Great

By Marvin Kalb

2017

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Dream Hoarders

By Richard V. Reeves

2017

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Workers of Finnish-owned pulp mill Botnia work in the construction of a paper mill in Fray Bentos, Uruguay, as the bridge that links Uruguay and Argentina is seen in the background, January 30, 2006. Widespread opposition to a planned $1.7 billion project of the construction of two European-own pulp mills in Uruguay along the Uruguay River has led to months of protests by environmentalists and ordinary Argentines who worry the plants will contaminate the region's farmlands, damage wildlife and choke off tourism. REUTERS/Andres Stapff - RP3DSFDPTIAB

Towards the Argentine presidency of the G-20: What macro-financial challenges does the region face and what are the implications for the debate?

The Latin American Committee on Macroeconomic and Financial Issues (CLAAF)

Friday, December 15, 2017

A person receives a test for diabetes during Care Harbor LA free medical clinic in Los Angeles

Next Steps: Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes and Obesity

Debra L. Haire-Joshu

May 7, 2015

Protesters march through the streets during one of the demonstrations in the week ahead of the NATO meeting in Chicago

Inequality, the Great Recession and slow recovery

Barry Z. Cynamon and Steven M. Fazzari

March 31, 2015

Striking union workers from local 54 cheer after U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton stopped to greet them outside the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City

Re-Assembling Labor

Marion Crain and John Inazu

August 31, 2015

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Dennis Williams (front C) and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne (front R) hold a news conference to announce a tentative agreement in Detroit, Michigan

The ‘New’ Labor Regime

Marion Crain and Kenneth Matheny

April 27, 2017

An employee registers a customer for a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, inside the Safaricom mobile phone care centre in the central business district of Kenya's capital Nairobi July 15, 2013. To match Insight AFRICA-MOBILEMONEY/ Picture taken July 15, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) - GM1EA7U1QTU01

Figures of the week: Blockchain opportunities and challenges in Africa

Friday, December 15, 2017

Brookings Around The World

The Brookings Institution

The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C., USA

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Brookings Doha

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Brookings Tsinghua

Haidian, Beijing, China

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Brookings India

New Delhi, Delhi, India