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Why Iran’s disruption of the Strait of Hormuz matters

Samantha Gross, Caitlin Talmadge, Melanie W. Sisson

March 19, 2026

"We hold these truths to be self-evident"

What do the Declaration’s “self-evident truths” mean today?

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Vanessa Williamson

March 26, 2026

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The past, present, and future of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program

Sarah Reber, Sarah Turner

March 19, 2026

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 11: A customer shops in a grocery store on March 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data that was released the consumer price index increased seasonally adjusted 0.3% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.4%.

Why affordability will be a key issue in the 2026 midterm elections

William A. Galston

March 25, 2026

The US Postal Service’s fiscal crisis

Elena Patel

March 13, 2026

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Iran

Iran Can Iran’s regime survive the war?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Mara Karlin, Suzanne Maloney

Race in Public Policy What’s next for the Iran war? Experts discuss.

Jeffrey Feltman, Mara Karlin, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Fred Dews

A protest holds a poster of Ali Khamenei as thousands of people gather in Enghelab Square for a pro-government demonstration after Iranian state media confirmed the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on March 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran The surreal experience of meeting Khamenei

Jeffrey Feltman

Members and officers from the Iraqi Interior Ministry's Explosives Directorate inspect the fuel tank of a rocket that landed in a rural village in the Siyahi area, near the city of Hillah in the central Babil province, Iraq, March 1, 2026.

Iraq Iraq must not be a staging ground for war with Iran

Marsin Alshamary, Hamzeh Hadad

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Immigration and Migration

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Cities & Communities Metro Monitor 2026: The relationship between immigration and regional economic performance over the past decade

Glencora Haskins, Joseph Parilla

CentroMex Grocery store in Saint Paul, Minnesota (photo courtesy Alma Flores, LEDC)

Society & Culture How Minneapolis-Saint Paul community leaders responded to Operation Metro Surge

Alma Flores, Peter Frosch, Joseph Parilla

Newark, New Jersey, USA - April 01, 2025: Diverse group of passengers queuing in an airport customs area in Newark, New Jersey.

Demographics & Population Reduced immigration slowed population growth for the nation and most states, new census data show

William H. Frey

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Immigrants & Immigration Macroeconomic implications of immigration flows in 2025 and 2026: January 2026 update

Wendy Edelberg, Stan Veuger, Tara Watson

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Housing

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Housing Thinking about the growing housing affordability problem

Joe Gyourko

Cities & Communities A proposal for a US federal property reinsurer

Benjamin L. Collier, Benjamin J. Keys, Philip Mulder

Climate Disasters & Environment Public natural catastrophe reinsurance: What other countries do

David Wessel

Housing Who we count shapes how we measure housing supply and affordability

Elena Patel, Aastha Rajan, Natalie Tomeh

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USMCA

North America USMCA Forward 2026

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North America United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 2026: Review and déjà vu

Christopher Sands

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Manufacturing & Supply Chains USMCA has strengthened economic integration in North America

Brendan Kelly, Jesus Cañas, Luis Torres

North America The USMCA and the road to shared prosperity in an era of transformation

Roberto Velasco Álvarez

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Tariffs and Trade

U.S. Trade Policy After IEEPA: New Section 301 investigations and why public input matters

Kari Heerman, Elena Patel

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U.S. Trade Policy Tracking Trump’s tariffs and other trade actions

Chidozie Ezi-Ashi, Christopher Sands

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U.S. Trade Policy Brookings experts on the Supreme Court’s tariff decision

Scott R. Anderson, Sarah A. Binder, Tonantzin Carmona, Kyle Chan, Vanda Felbab-Brown, William G. Gale, William A. Galston, Daniel S. Hamilton, Ben Harris, Kari Heerman, Aaron Klein, Robert E. Litan, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Elena Patel, Sanjay Patnaik, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Jessica Riedl, Peter M. Shane, Mireya Solís +14 more