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Visitors to the National Archives view the Declaration of Independence, preserved under glass and special lighting, ahead of the Fourth of July Independence Day holiday in Washington, July 3, 2013. The declaration, which helped touch off the American Revolution in 1776, begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth..." REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E97406U201

Education Plus Development

The bucket list for involved citizens: 76 things you can do to boost civic engagement

Rebecca Winthrop and Meg Huebeck

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Graduates of The City College of New York sit in their seats at their commencement ceremony in Manhattan on May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar - RC1E2B862140

Up Front

Five facts about student loans

Kadija Yilla and David Wessel

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Ethiopian Foreign Minister Al Dardeery Mohamed Ahmed and his delegation leave the U.S. Treasury Department after negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, situated on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan, in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC206D9D9GFM

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: US – Africa updates, South Sudan unity government, and Mauritius elections

Saturday, November 9, 2019

Lim Myeong-hee (L), 16, and her friend, middle school students who defected from North Korea, memorize English words as they look at English textbooks during supplementary lessons at the Hangyeore Middle and High School in Anseong, about 80 km (50 miles) south of Seoul, July 21, 2011. From the start of the 1950-53 Korean War till 1998, the total number of defectors in South Korea stood at less than 1,000. Today, the number is around 23,000. South Korean government last month started building a second reception centre for North Korean defectors at Hwacheon, about half an hour's drive from the border. Picture taken on July 21, 2011. To match feature KOREA-NORTH/DEFECTORS. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY EDUCATION) - GM1E78M1DEV01

Education Plus Development

A selective strategy to advance social and emotional skills through textbooks

Colette Chabbott

Friday, November 8, 2019

Prime-Age Labor Force Participation by Gender and Self-Reported Disability

Brookings Now

Charts of the Week: Veterans Day

Tamari Dzotsenidze and Fred Dews

Friday, November 8, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media before boarding Marine One to depart for travel to Georgia from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis - RC247D90BIFM

FixGov

Will impeachment matter in 2020? This week in impeachment

Friday, November 8, 2019

People stand in front of a projection on the East Side Gallery, the largest remaining part of the former Berlin Wall, in Berlin, Germany, November 4, 2019. On November 9th Germany will mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) in 1989. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch - RC1D9112CB30

Future Development

How German reunification could change global capitalism today

Dennis J. Snower and Markus Engels

Friday, November 8, 2019

A general view of the trial is seen at a military court in Tunis July 19, 2012. Former Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem was sentenced to 15 years in jail and Ben Ali's security chief Ali Seriati was given 20 years over the killing of protesters in the capital Tunis and the towns of Sousse, Nabeul, Bizerte and Zaghouan as a popular uprising spread through the country early last year. Ben Ali fled with his family to Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) - GM1E87J1QML01

Order from Chaos

Reforming Tunisia’s military courts

Hamza Mighri and Sharan Grewal

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Kashmiri earthquake survivors carry valuables from the Kamsar camp some 10 km (6 miles) north of the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir January 23, 2006. The two-time refugees returned to the village to collect valuables, wood and metal roofs to build makeshift shelters in a new camp in Muzaffarabad. More than two million people have been living in tents or crude shelters patched together from ruined homes since the October 8, 2005 quake killed more than 73,000 people in northern Pakistan. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis - RP3DSFCZJEAE

Future Development

Changing the culture of economics: The 2019 Nobel laureates

Thursday, November 7, 2019

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Up Front

Hutchins Roundup: Real interest rate, wages, and more

Jeffrey Cheng, Finn Schuele, Louise Sheiner, and Kadija Yilla

Thursday, November 7, 2019

An automated guided vehicle carrying a battery pack moves under a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at General Motors Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. Photo taken March 19, 2018. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RC16181E9F00

Up Front

Automation, work and skills

Marcus Casey and Sarah Nzau

Thursday, November 7, 2019

A man walks on a street between buildings at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, November 19, 2015. The Bank of Japan maintained its current pace of monetary stimulus on Thursday, clinging to hopes that an economic recovery is in sight despite soft domestic capital expenditure and challenging global business conditions. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - GF20000065409

Up Front

American optimism, longevity, and the role of lost hope in deaths of despair

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Students laugh and share a joke outside their classroom at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in Khartoum, Sudan, May 14, 2015. In Sudan, which faces insurgences in the western region of Darfur and along its border with breakaway South Sudan, as well as double-digit inflation and high unemployment, life goes on for young people in the capital Khartoum. As well as studying, for those who can afford it, the urban young of Sudan play football and netball, swim and fish in the nearby River Nile, attend prayers at local mosques and enjoy concerts or family celebrations. Other entertainment includes watching U.K. football matches and films on TV, with Facebook being ever popular for chatting amongst friends. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin AbdallahPICTURE 11 OF 28 FOR WIDER IMAGE STORY "YOUTH OF TODAY IN SUDAN". SEARCH "YOUNG NURELDIN" FOR ALL IMAGES - GF10000121814

Africa in focus

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Librarian Josh Soule turns on computers in preparation to teach senior citizens how to set up and use a Facebook account during a class at a branch of the New York Public Library in New York August 13, 2012. Seniors, some in their 90s, could soon be making new friends on Facebook thanks to New York libraries offering classes to help the elderly learn, or brush up their social network skills. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION) - GM2E88E0HHA01

Up Front

Comments on “Employment and training for mature adults: The current system and moving forward” by Paul Osterman

Thursday, November 7, 2019

An Electroimpact automated fiber placement machine, which lays down carbon fiber strips onto the 777X spar, is seen during a media tour of the Boeing 777X at the Boeing Composite Wing Center in Everett, Washington, U.S., February 27, 2019. Picture taken February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson - RC1220B68860

Up Front

Comments on “How automation and other forms of IT affect the middle class: Assessing the estimates” by Jaimovich and Siu

Harry J. Holzer

Thursday, November 7, 2019