Randall Akee

The spinning wheel on a roulette table is seen at Japan Casino School in Tokyo, Japan August 4, 2018. Picture taken August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai - RC130E284860

The transformation of the American Indian gaming industry

Monday, April 8, 2019

Beatrice Lookinghorse sits with two of her grandchildren, Linda Lookinghorse and Cody James Lookinghorse, in the backyard of her home on the Cheyenne River Reservation in Green Grass, South Dakota, U.S., May 28, 2018. Beatrice Lookinghorse is related to several of the Fort Laramie treaty riders who live with her. Beatrice also raises other children from the extended Lookinghorse family. "I promised my father that none of his grandkids would ever be put in the (foster care) system," she said. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith SEARCH "KEITH ANNIVERSARY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1A57AAB7F0

How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The future of American Indian gaming: The next 30 years

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST

The 2018 American Family Survey: Attitudes toward #MeToo, economic anxiety, immigration and more

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Wristbands for voters are seen at a polling station during early voting in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young - S1BEUGZEKGAA

Why raising incomes can boost youth voting rates

Randall Akee and Fred Dews

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

A voter casts his ballot behind a ballot booth during the U.S. presidential election at a polling station in the Staten Island Borough of New York, U.S. on November 6, 2012. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/File Photo - TM3EC7H11OV01

A story from this American Indian reservation has important lessons for America’s young voter turnout problem

Thursday, October 25, 2018

The Fort Laramie treaty riders cross the Nebraska and Wyoming border in Van Tassel, Wyoming, U.S., April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RC1BDDE04710

How North Dakota is keeping Native Americans from voting in the midterms

Friday, October 19, 2018

A family from the Cheyenne River tribe plays together near Turtle Island during a protest against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, U.S. November 26, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith - RC11F6A7B3D0

40 years ago we stopped the practice of separating American Indian families. Let’s not reverse course.

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Brookings Institution facade in Washignton, D.C.

Two Brookings economists reflect on the financial crisis and their careers

Marcus Casey, Randall Akee, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 14, 2018

Women wait in line for an interview at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Coney Island Boom A Ring Job Fair in New York May 27, 2009. There will be 200 jobs available for anyone age 16 and older starting June 18 thru September 7 on the boardwalk in Coney Island. The U.S. housing bust and auto sector upheaval have left hundreds of thousands of workers looking for jobs in the same sectors, in the same places, and at the same time. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS SOCIETY) - GM1E55S0H4001

New evidence that losing your job is even more stressful for black Americans

Tuesday, August 21, 2018