Metropolitan Policy Program

FILE PHOTO: A deli is seen closed, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Yang/File Photo

What does the coronavirus crisis mean for unemployment in America?

Martha Ross and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 27, 2020

A bicyclist sits in traffic near a housing construction project in San Francisco, California June 2, 2015. The median rent for an apartment in the city is now $4,225 per month, according to local media. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

America’s housing crisis and the gatekeeping of opportunity

Jenny Schuetz and Conor Dougherty

Friday, March 6, 2020

Ashleigh Burden and Quen Carter, of Wear To, clothing curated for the modern woman's agenda, sales items from the online store during the Detroit Black Business Crawl at Good Cakes and Bakes vendor market on the Livernois Avenue of Fashion in Detroit on Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30, 2019.Smallbizsat 113019 Kpm 389

How racism hurts businesses in Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Fred Dews

Friday, February 28, 2020

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Discriminatory housing practices are leading to the devaluation of Black Americans

Thursday, February 13, 2020

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listens to House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. as they hold a news conference to unveil a $760 billion infrastructure spending bill proposed by House Democrats at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Will House Democrats’ infrastructure plan yield results?

Adie Tomer and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 6, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Balloons decorate an event for community activists and local government leaders to mark the one-year-out launch of the 2020 Census efforts in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

What America’s slow-growing population means for immigration, the Electoral College, and more

William H. Frey and Fred Dews

Friday, January 10, 2020

A security officer keeps watch in front of an AI (Artificial Intelligence) sign at the annual Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, China September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC192A130D00

AI will affect better-paid workers, but will it displace them?

Mark Muro and Fred Dews

Friday, December 20, 2019

General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S., September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC122F87C370

What does the GM auto workers’ strike tell us about the strength of unions?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 25, 2019

A woman holds a sign during a rally against white supremacy in the wake of mass shootings in Dayton and El Paso in front of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC18B8E32740

On racism and white supremacy

Andre M. Perry, Vanessa Williamson, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 9, 2019

Los Alamos Hills Sports Park, Murietta, CA

Advancing opportunity in California’s Inland Empire

Rachel Barker, Marek Gootman, Chad Shearer, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 28, 2019