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People vote at a polling place at the Canterbury Town Hall polling station in Canterbury, New Hampshire.

Brookings Now

Charts of the week: Congressional primaries, Canada’s First Nations population, and the market for child care

Friday, April 20, 2018

diverse young people work together

Up Front

The race problem in economics

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Flag of Ukraine over city

Up Front

What lessons do past international efforts at rebuilding war-torn countries hold for organizing the reconstruction of Ukraine?

David Wessel and Elijah Asdourian

Monday, December 19, 2022

Deb Haaland works in her office at the U.S. Capitol before being sworn in as one of the two first Native American women in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The Avenue

What Deb Haaland’s historic nomination as interior secretary means for Indigenous peoples

Robert Maxim and Randall Akee

Friday, December 18, 2020

Sunny landscape in Arizona

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

American Indians and Alaska Natives are dying of COVID-19 at shocking rates

Randall Akee and Sarah Reber

Thursday, February 18, 2021

A woman, part of a convoy of Central American migrants, is escorted into a van by National Institute of Migration (INM) officers, after being detained at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Tapachula, Mexico, May 19, 2019. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares - RC1F10AAEE00

Immigration

Outdated immigration laws increase violence toward women

Thursday, May 30, 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

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

Up Front

How does measuring poverty and welfare affect American Indian children?

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

An oil slick is seen on Santa Barbara creek, following an oil spill in Nembe, Bayelsa, Nigeria, November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Vaccine, politics, and natural resources updates

Saturday, December 18, 2021

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

Up Front

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

Thursday, October 11, 2018

The Avenue

For the first time, the government published monthly unemployment data on Native Americans, and the picture is stark

Robert Maxim, Randall Akee, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

U.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker speak about trade relations in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 25, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC164FA2F4A0

Global Trade

Did the US and EU secure a trade deal?

Douglas A. Rediker

Friday, July 27, 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

Labor Policy & Unemployment

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

Tuesday, August 21, 2018

A woman wears a sticker in multiple languages after voting in the primary election at a polling station in Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 5, 2018. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1BF5D43BD0

Up Front

How do we get more young people to vote as adults? Cash transfers to their parents could help

Thursday, July 5, 2018

People gather around a fire on the campground set up by the First Nations Indigenous Warriors (FNIW) and the American Indian Movement (AIM) on the Cote First Nation, near the town of Kamsack, Saskatchewan

Up Front

Why are Canada’s First Nations women dying at such an alarming rate?

Wednesday, February 28, 2018