Brookings Cafeteria Podcast

African children in a koranic school classroom, Tonkpi Region, Man, Ivory Coast.NO USE FRANCE

Scaling impact in education to reach the world’s most vulnerable children

Jenny Perlman Robinson, Patrick Hannahan, and Fred Dews

Friday, August 7, 2020

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) officially opened in Shanghai on Thursday under the theme of "Intelligent Connectivity, Indivisible Community" with hundreds of speakers and industry experts sharing their insights on the latest developments in AI. Intelligent robots are displaying on the ground floor of Shanghai Expo Centre, Shanghai, China, 9 July 2020.No Use China. No Use France.

Will artificial intelligence lead to utopia or dystopia?

John R. Allen, Benjamin Wittes, and Darrell West

Friday, July 31, 2020

Flags of Saudi Arabia and China are hung in front of Tiananmen Gate before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Beijing, China February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Global China in the Middle East

Lindsey Ford, Bruce Riedel, and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

A group of children sit on a couch in a replica set from the "Seinfeld" television comedy series as they tour Hulu's "Seinfeld: The Apartment", a temporary exhibit on West 14th street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, June 24, 2015. Created to celebrate the launch of all of the episodes of the "Seinfeld" television comedy series available streaming on Hulu beginning June 24, the exhibit contains a replica version of the Upper West Side NewYork City apartment set from the series, original items and interactive elements and is open to the public through June 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar

How cultural factors shape children’s social and economic outcomes

Ron Haskins, Melissa S. Kearney, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 24, 2020

Steam rises from a pile of coal at a mine in Bishop, West Virginia, U.S., May 19, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Why we still use fossil fuels

Samantha Gross and Fred Dews

Friday, July 17, 2020

Plastic bags of Fentanyl are displayed on a table at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection area at the International Mail Facility at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November 29, 2017. Picture taken November 29, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Opioids in America

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Carol Graham, Keith Humphreys, Bryce Pardo, Bradley D. Stein, Paul H. Wise, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 10, 2020

Servers for data storage are seen at Advania's Thor Data Center in Hafnarfjordur, Iceland August 7, 2015. As it emerges from financial isolation, Iceland is trying to make a name for itself again, this time in the business of data centres -- warehouses that consume enormous amounts of energy to store the information of 3.2 billion internet users. Picture taken August 7, 2015. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Ari

A new social contract for Big Tech

Dipayan Ghosh and Robert Wicks

Friday, July 3, 2020

A view of an empty classroom at a school, as Lebanon's education system is in limbo with multiple challenges, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 8, 2020. Picture taken June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Can impact bonds help solve the global education crisis?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright, Jaime Saavedra, and Fred Dews

Friday, June 26, 2020

Jay Williams tattoos a customer who gave his name as D OJ at Black Ink Atlanta, during the phased reopening of businesses and restaurants from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in the state, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Bita Honarvar

Race and gender gaps in COVID-19 deaths

Richard V. Reeves and Fred Dews

Friday, June 19, 2020

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh and China's President Xi Jinping walk to their bilateral meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 2, 2018. Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS *** Local Caption *** Abdel Fattah al-Sisi;Li Keqiang

Global China’s ambitions in the Indian Ocean region

Lindsey Ford, Zach Vertin, and Joshua T. White

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

A worker sanitizes loungers as beaches are reopened with restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., June 10, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Tracking COVID-19’s spread into less urban, whiter, and more Trump-friendly places

William H. Frey and Fred Dews

Friday, June 12, 2020

--FILE--A Chinese mobile phone user shows the icons of App Store app, left, and messaging app Weixin, or WeChat, of Tencent on his iPhone smartphone in Ji'nan city, east China's Shandong province, 27 June 2017.Apple China said it will not take the blame for developers who charge differently on the iOS app and Android versions for the same product or service. Netizens have found they need to pay more on iOS than Android in using the same ride-sharing or video subscription services. Some Internet companies have reportedly adopted differential pricing plans through the use of Big Data based on a customer's buying behavior or interest, so a new customer may pay less than an old customer for the same product or service.No Use China. No Use France.

How digital privacy law asymmetries can hurt criminal defendants

John Villasenor and Rebecca Wexler

Friday, June 5, 2020

Alexeen Simms, a server at the Hungry Tarpon Restaurant in Islamorada, Fla., provides a luncheon entree to a couple Monday. June 1. 2020. After being closed to visitors since March 22, 2020, to help curtail the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Florida Keys reopened to tourists Monday. Andy Newman/Florida Keys News Bureau/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Podcast: A roadmap for reopening America

John R. Allen, William A. Galston, Ross A. Hammond, Molly Kinder, Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, Rashawn Ray, and David Wessel

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

A car drives in a caravan during a demonstration in midtown Manhattan organized by the New York-based 'Workers Justice Project', protesting for rights of essential immigrant workers in the State of New York during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Immigrants and the coronavirus pandemic: A conversation with Rep. Judy Chu

John Hudak and Rep. Judy Chu

Friday, May 29, 2020

May 2, 2020; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; A view of downtown Atlanta just prior to the flyover of the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds to honor workers during the pandemic in Atlanta. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY NETWORK

A new paradigm for valuing Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Robert Wicks

Friday, May 22, 2020