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A line of Lexus SUVs equipped with Google self-driving sensors await test riders during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

TechTank

Autonomous vehicles could improve policing, public safety, and much more

Clifford Winston

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Workers sew clothes inside the Indochine Apparel PLC textile factory in Hawassa Industrial Park in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region, Ethiopia November 17, 2017. Picture taken November 17, 2017.REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RC15A6463860

Africa in Focus

Ethiopia: Africa’s next powerhouse?

Witney Schneidman

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Cover photo

The Avenue

How a national network of local leaders is centering racial equity in neighborhood revitalization

Michelle Matthews

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Thrive

The Avenue

How a Washington, DC coalition is using place-based cash relief to advance an equitable COVID-19 recovery

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Police and members of the Sheriff's department hold a perimeter, during a protest after a Black man identified as Jacob Blake was shot several times by police last night, outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Maturen

Race in American Public Policy

Policy steps for racially-equitable policing

Friday, July 16, 2021

Transformative placemaking

Economic Development

Opportunities for transformative placemaking: Columbia Gateway, Maryland

Nate Storring and Charlotte Benz

Friday, November 9, 2018

Related

Essay

Expensive and growing: Loudoun County, Va.

Jenny Schuetz, Tim Shaw, Katherine Lucas McKay, and Genevieve Melford

Thursday, November 4, 2021

Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow and Research Director - Global Economy and Development

Young protesters march for justice system reform and equity in education in Portland, Oregon, U.S., August 1, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Race in American Public Policy

Overcoming racism to advance economic opportunity

Camille Busette

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

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Africa in Focus

Resource funds: Stabilization, parking and intergenerational transfer

Anthony Venables and Dr. Samuel Wills

Friday, September 18, 2015

Parking meters run by LAZ Parking for Morgan Stanley are pictured in Chicago March 18, 2009. As they struggle to close ballooning budget deficits amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, many U.S. state and local governments will be tempted to follow the example of Chicago. The third-largest U.S. city has raised billions of dollars in recent years turning public assets to private businesses that then run them as for-profit enterprises. Picture taken March 18, 2009. To match feature USA-PRIVATIZATIONS/ REUTERS/John Gress (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) - GM1E53K0O0601

Infrastructure

Four ways to make wiser infrastructure investments

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

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Order from Chaos

Park in Beijing: The political transformation of Northeast Asia

Jonathan D. Pollack

Friday, September 4, 2015

People swim in the Celeste river waterfall at Tenorio Volcano National Park in Upala March 18, 2008. The blue color of the lagoon, formed from chemical reactions of calcium carbonate and sulfur, is surrounded by amazing rainforest of 12,819 hectares of this park. The Celeste river carries its color for a distance of 36 km (22 miles). REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate (COSTA RICA) - RTR1YHOD

Future Development

Industrial policies versus public goods to spur growth

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Past Policy 2020 Event

What has COVID-19 taught us about the digital and opportunity divides in America’s schools?

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST

A worker packs cardboard boxes of cocoa liquor at Choco-Ivoire factory in San Pedro October 2, 2010. A new cocoa grinding factory started operations in Ivory Coast this week, director of export firm SAF Cacao Ali Lakiss told Reuters late on Tuesday, nudging Ivory Coast a step closer to being the world's top grinder. Picture taken October 2, 2010. To match interview COCOA-IVORYCOAST/FACTORY REUTERS/Luc Gnago (IVORY COAST - Tags: BUSINESS)

Africa in Focus

Industrial policy makes a comeback in Africa

Wednesday, December 1, 2021