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Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker testifying before House Judiciary Committee

Tracking House oversight in the Trump era

Molly E. Reynolds and Jackson Gode · Thursday, March 21, 2019

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AB6752940

Report

The strongmen strike back

March 2019

Denver Skyline for Metro Monitor 2019

Economic Development

Metro Monitor 2019: Inclusion remains elusive amid widespread metro growth and rising prosperity

Alan Berube, Isha Shah, Alec Friedhoff, and Chad Shearer

March 21, 2019

Robots kill jobs. But they create jobs, too.

Technology & Innovation

Robots kill jobs. But they create jobs, too.

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Monday, March 18, 2019

Jordan church

Post

Why the spread of public education is unlikely to yield a secular world

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Latest Research

A member of Metro Bank's staff poses for a photograph in the vault of their new branch in Slough, southern England May 3, 2013. This is the only bank in the United Kingdom that has a drive-thru facility. Metro Bank, which launched in 2010 as Britain's first new high street lender for more than a century, saw customer numbers surge in 2012, benefiting from the unpopularity of the established banks. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS) - LM1E95310CJ01

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

How will retirement saving change by 2050? Prospects for the millennial generation

William G. Gale, Hilary Gelfond, and Jason Fichtner

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Fernando Ochoa, 65, who has been homeless for a week, sits on a park bench in Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 11, 2018. Ochoa said he had worked as a foreman for Albertson's and a Service Advisor for Honda but is now retired and is looking for housing. Picture taken April 11, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1B16E55500

Retirement, Pensions, & Social Security

“RESA”: A look at 2019 legislative proposals to improve retirement security and saving

Martin Neil Baily, Benjamin H. Harris, and J. Mark Iwry

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their meeting in Jerusalem February 19, 2019. Ariel Schalit /Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** - RC16E22BC130

Report

Is Israel in democratic decline?

Tamara Cofman Wittes and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

March 2019

Firefighters work to fix a leak in the water infrastructure beneath the pavement outside a home in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC12520EEAE0

Infrastructure

Creating a new marketplace for resilient infrastructure investment

Joseph Kane and Adie Tomer

Monday, March 18, 2019

Bitcoins created by enthusiast Mike Caldwell are seen in a photo illustration at his office in Sandy, Utah, September 17, 2013. Caldwell produces physical coins Bitcoins, which have been around since 2008, are a form of electronic money that can be exchanged without using traditional banking or money transfer systems. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GF2E99H1A2P01

Regulatory Policy

It’s time to strengthen the regulation of crypto-assets

Timothy G. Massad

Monday, March 18, 2019

Events

Emerging policy solutions to surprise medical bills

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

The end of an era? The INF Treaty, New START, and the future of strategic stability

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Divided politics, divided nation: Hyperconflict in the Trump era

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

Hutchins Roundup

Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Borrower Behavior, the Fed’s Role in the Housing Boom, and More

Sage Belz and Louise Sheiner

Thursday, March 21, 2019

The sign for the House Judiciary Committee hearing room is visible at the Rayburn House office building where FBI lawyer Lisa Page failed to show up for a subpoena for a closed House Judiciary Committee deposition related to the ongoing congressional investigation into the Justice Department and FBI's decisions during the 2016 election in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC11B1F228F0

FixGov

Maintaining the rule of law: How House Democrats are conducting oversight in the 116th Congress

Thursday, March 21, 2019

An empty courtroom in New York City

TechTank

Algorithms and sentencing: What does due process require?

John Villasenor and Virginia Foggo

Thursday, March 21, 2019

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Books

Front Cover: Divided Politics, Divided Nation

Upcoming

Divided Politics, Divided Nation

By Darrell M. West

2019

From Gutenberg to Google

By Tom Wheeler

2019

Cover: The Senkaku Paradox

Upcoming

The Senkaku Paradox

By Michael E. O’Hanlon

2019

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Russian President Vladimir Putin stands on the stage as he addresses the Federal Assembly, including the State Duma parliamentarians, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other high-ranking officials, in Moscow, Russia March 1, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - UP1EE310W85R3

Russia’s challenge to the West

Keir Giles, Angela Stent, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A man rides a motorbike with a delivery box along a road in Ajose Adeogun district in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria June 4, 2018. Picture taken June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1C91FE5F80

A gig economy solution to boost employment in Africa

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Do counter-narratives actually reduce violent extremism?

Eric Rosand and Emily Winterbotham

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station, where Indonesian presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his wife Iriana, will cast their vote later in Jakarta July 9, 2014. Indonesians voted in a presidential election on Wednesday that has become a closely fought contest between the old guard who flourished under decades of autocratic rule and a new breed of politician that has emerged in the fledgling democracy.Only the third direct election for a president in the world's fourth-most populous state, the contest pits former special forces general Prabowo Subianto against Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who have been running neck-and-neck in opinion polls. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (INDONESIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) - GM1EA79192401

Indonesia’s upcoming elections, explained

Thomas Pepinsky

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Traffic congestion in Atlanta, Ga,.

Stop trying to solve traffic and start building great places

Lara Fishbane, Joseph Kane, and Adie Tomer

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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