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Essay

Windfall profits and deadly risks: How the biggest retail companies are compensating essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Friday, November 20, 2020

Beyond giving thanks: Pay, protections, and policies frontline essential workers still need

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Grocery worker

The Avenue

Even a divided America agrees on raising the minimum wage

Friday, November 13, 2020

Phoenix

The Avenue

Biden-voting counties equal 70% of America’s economy. What does this mean for the nation’s political-economic divide?

Mark Muro, Eli Byerly Duke, Yang You, and Robert Maxim

November 10, 2020

Blog Posts

Trump supporters

The Avenue

Where Midwesterners struggle, Trumpism lives on

Monday, November 23, 2020

People watch fireworks after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela

The Avenue

A memo to President-elect Biden: Don’t coddle white racial anxieties

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Avenue

How Cleveland’s innovation district is advancing equity through a new kind of anchor institution

Monday, November 9, 2020

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Research

Engines

Entrepreneurship

The Black innovators who elevated the United States: Reassessing the Golden Age of Invention

Jonathan Rothwell, Andre M. Perry, and Mike Andrews

Monday, November 23, 2020

Job training for young people

Workforce Development

Work-based learning can advance equity and opportunity for America’s young people

Martha Ross, Richard Kazis, Nicole Bateman, and Laura Stateler

November 20, 2020

Suburbs

Campaigns & Elections

Biden’s victory came from the suburbs

William H. Frey

Friday, November 13, 2020

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Experts

Amy Liu

Vice President and Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

The Michigan State Capitol building is seen through the spokes of a motorcycle during the ABATE of Michigan Annual Freedom Rally outside of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing on Sept. 29, 2020. Bikers gathered to speak on behalf of motorcyclists who want changes to the recent auto insurance reform law that puts motorcyclists at a disadvantage.

Podcast Episode

State and local issues in the 2020 election

Amy Liu and Fred Dews

Friday, October 23, 2020

Oct 4, 2020; Paradise, Nevada, USA; A general overall aerial view of Allegiant Stadium and Las Vegas strip during the NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and the Las Vegas Raiders. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Podcast Episode

The 2020 election in blue metros and red states

David F. Damore, Bill Finan, and Robert E. Lang

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Yellow roses signified you were for giving women the right to vote in 1920. They were plentiful Tuesday as it was the 100th anniversary of the Tennessee House of Representatives casting a vote that ratified the 19th Amendment (Tennessee was the state that got the amendment to its required threshold) a reenactment was held on the House floor of the vote in Nashville, Tenn. Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020,

Podcast Episode

Reflections on gender equality and the 19th Amendment at 100

Stephanie Aaronson, Emily Cleffi-Tristani, Christina Kwauk, Robin J. Lewis, Amy Liu, Molly E. Reynolds, Isabel V. Sawhill, and Morgan Welch

Friday, August 21, 2020

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External Articles

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External Article

COVID-19 Homeschooling Could Be Transformative For Black Children

Essence Friday, August 14, 2020

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External Article

From the Watts Rebellion to George Floyd, South Los Angeles Charts a New Path Toward Racial Justice

Next City Thursday, August 13, 2020

External Article

Allowing the $600 unemployment benefit to expire could devastate the US economy

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Michael Gaynor

CNN Wednesday, July 8, 2020