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Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon speaks with press while leaving the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C. on November 15, 2021 after turning himself in earlier in the day at a FBI Field Office on two charges of contempt for his failure to comply with the House committee investigation the January 6 U.S. Capitol riots (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

TechStream

Prominent political podcasters played key role in spreading the ‘Big Lie’

Valerie Wirtschafter and Chris Meserole

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

A mineworker returns at the end of an underground shift at the Harmony Gold Mine's Doornkop shaft near Johannesburg, South Africa. A mineworker returns at the end of an underground shift at the Harmony Gold Mine's Doornkop shaft near Johannesburg, South Africa August 17, 2005. South Africa's gold mines are back in full production after the end last week of the first industry-wide industrial strike in 18 years, with firms hoping they may be able to make up some lost production. Picture taken August 17, 2005. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Africa in Focus

Digitalizing Africa’s mines

Friday, December 3, 2021

Phone showing social media mobile app icons of Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Telegram, Twitter on display iPhone. Moscow, Russia - December 5, 2020

Regulatory Policy

How to fix social media? Start with independent research.

Nathaniel Persily and Joshua A. Tucker

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

A worker packs cardboard boxes of cocoa liquor at Choco-Ivoire factory in San Pedro October 2, 2010. A new cocoa grinding factory started operations in Ivory Coast this week, director of export firm SAF Cacao Ali Lakiss told Reuters late on Tuesday, nudging Ivory Coast a step closer to being the world's top grinder. Picture taken October 2, 2010. To match interview COCOA-IVORYCOAST/FACTORY REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS)

Africa in Focus

Industrial policy makes a comeback in Africa

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Woman on a video call with child at her side

Children & Families

The relationship between school closures and female labor force participation during the pandemic

Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10, 2019: CFPB - CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU sign at headquarters building

Financial Regulation

Policymakers must enable consumer data rights and protections in financial services

Dan Murphy and Jennifer Tescher

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

A view shows cars stuck in a traffic jam in Beirut, Lebanon June 10, 2021. Picture taken June 10, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Future Development

How to kick-start the decoupling of emissions from economic growth in MENA

Martin Philipp Heger and Lukas Vashold

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

dollar bills

Technology & Innovation

Using AI and machine learning to reduce government fraud

Darrell M. West

Friday, September 10, 2021

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Essay

Homeownership, racial segregation, and policy solutions to racial wealth equity

Rashawn Ray, Andre M. Perry, David Harshbarger, Samantha Elizondo, and Alexandra Gibbons

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Housing in Alexandria VA

U.S. Metro Areas

The Washington, DC region has built too much housing in the wrong places

Jenny Schuetz and Matt Ring

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

A young Cuban checks his phone at an internet hotspot next to a picture of late revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba August 10, 2018. Picture taken August 10, 2018. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

TechStream

What role did the internet play in fomenting Cuban protests?

Valerie Wirtschafter

Friday, July 23, 2021

FixGov

Why are states banning critical race theory?

Rashawn Ray and Alexandra Gibbons

November 2021

A mural of George Floyd is seen on a wall in his hometown of Third Ward, TX.

TechStream

How George Floyd changed the online conversation around BLM

Valerie Wirtschafter

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 24, 2021: A girl watches a cartoon at the Soyuzmultpark multimedia entertainment centre opened at the VDNKh Exhibition Centre. The facility offers 18 interactive installations taking up 1,700sqm, with the building's total area of 2,500sqm. Gavriil Grigorov/TASS.No use Russia.

Brown Center Chalkboard

Expecting—and getting—more from children’s media

Joy Lorenzo Kennedy and Claire Christensen

Thursday, June 3, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) questions members of the Biden administration during a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden cabinet members, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, testified about the American Jobs Plan, the administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan that has yet to win over a single Republican in Congress. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Pool/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Planet Policy

Republicans in Congress are out of step with the American public on climate

Monday, May 10, 2021