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Brookings scholars reflect on the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, America’s 46th president

Friday, January 22, 2021

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What is the Child Tax Credit? And how much of it is refundable?

Friday, January 22, 2021

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Foresight Africa 2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Global Trade

Moving from contention to cooperation in the trans-Atlantic relationship

Constanze Stelzenmüller and David Dollar

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Housing Markets & Finance

Dismantling white privilege starts with undoing racist housing policies

Andre M. Perry and Stuart Yasgur

Thursday, January 14, 2021

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Latest Research

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19: New Zealand

Sunday, January 24, 2021

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Report

Gender-based violence in primary schools: Jamaica

Dasmine Kennedy

Friday, January 22, 2021

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U.S. Economy

How a new National Recovery Investment Corps can drive a bottom-up, inclusive economic recovery

Mary Jean Ryan and Alan Berube

Friday, January 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden signs an executive order after speaking during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, left, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photo by Al Drago/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S. Politics & Government

Tracking President Joe Biden’s Cabinet and appointees

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

January 2021

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau high fives a robotic arm as he takes part in a robotics demonstration at Kinova Robotics in Boisbriand, Quebec

Technology & Innovation

6 developments that will define AI governance in 2021

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Events

How we rebuild: A conversation with President Jin Liqun on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s fifth anniversary

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Is there a path forward for court reform?

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM EST

Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2021

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST

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Blog Posts

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Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Natural resources, elections, and COVID-19 updates

Leo Holtz and Chris Heitzig

Saturday, January 23, 2021

Plenary session devotes part of it to questioning the government about the country's situation and the protests in Tunis, Tunisia on January 20, 2021. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People, agenda includes holding a dialogue with the government about the general situation in the country after the protest movement in the country, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, and the Minister of National Defense who represents the Prime Minister. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ SIPA USA)No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

Ten years in, Tunisian democracy remains a work in progress

Friday, January 22, 2021

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TechTank

Who is getting a COVID-19 vaccination?

Darrell M. West

Friday, January 22, 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: China 2049

China 2049

Edited by David Dollar, Yiping Huang, and Yang Yao

2020

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A photo illustration shows the suspended Twitter account of former President Donald Trump on a smartphone in front of the White House.

What does the day after Section 230 reform look like?

Derek E. Bambauer

Friday, January 22, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration's Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. Biden in his first full day in office plans to issue a sweeping set of executive orders to tackle the raging Covid-19 pandemic that will rapidly reverse or refashion many of his predecessor's most heavily criticized policies. Photographer: Al Drago/Pool/Sipa USA No Use Germany.

Biden, democracy, and Africa

Witney Schneidman

Friday, January 22, 2021

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Who has to leave the Federal Reserve next?

Kadija Yilla and David Wessel

Friday, January 22, 2021

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Charts of the Week: COVID-19 and Africa

Friday, January 22, 2021

A worker cleans up the West Front of the U.S. Capitol and dismantles the inaugural platform and seating area the day after President Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

Trump’s last-minute judicial appointments: Impact on norms and on Biden’s appointment opportunities

Russell Wheeler

Friday, January 22, 2021

Climate change and financial market regulations

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST