Coronavirus (COVID-19)

People walk on the esplanade of La Defense, in the financial and business district, west of Paris, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau - RC1B9BB86D30

Class Notes: Economic Activity Amid COVID-19, Homeownership and Wealth, and More

Chenoah Sinclair and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Members of the FCT taskforce on COVID-19 are seen washing their hands during the inspection of the Holy Trinity Catholic church, as worship centers were reopened following the ease of restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Abuja, Nigeria June 7, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

How well has Nigeria responded to COVID-19?

Siddharth Dixit, Yewande Kofoworola Ogundeji, and Obinna Onwujekwe

Thursday, July 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: An employee routinely sanitizes server trays at a reopened restaurant after restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are eased in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S., June 8, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File Photo

What does the June jobs report tell us about the state of the U.S. economy?

Stephanie Aaronson

Thursday, July 2, 2020

PA via ReutersPeople are out and about in the sunshine at Bristol harbourside as the UK continues in lockdown to help curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Reopening the World: City leadership is fundamental to reopening the economy

Anthony F. Pipa

Thursday, July 2, 2020

A man carrying a sack walks past a graffiti of a healthcare worker during a lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

How well is India responding to COVID-19?

Ipchita Bharali, Preeti Kumar, and Sakthivel Selvaraj

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Some of the more than two dozen specimen collection volunteers line up to begin taking hundreds of free COVID-19 tests at a pop-up site at the House of Hope on Monday, May 4, in Decatur, Ga. Pastors, local physicians, health ministers, and other community leaders united to encourage area residents to get tested. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

Reopening America: The value of testing and modeling

Ross A. Hammond

Thursday, July 2, 2020

A sign calling for paid sick time pictured on North Interstate Avenue in Portland, Ore., on March 27, 2020, as the state continues to urge the importance of stricter social distancing measures to combat the novel coronavirus. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Reopening America: We shouldn’t reopen the economy without paid sick and family leave

Isabel V. Sawhill and Morgan Welch

Thursday, July 2, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech following a tour of Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisconsin, U.S., June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Democracy’s defenders no more: Trump’s failure to learn from history in the global COVID-19 fight

Kelsey Landau and Norman Eisen

Thursday, July 2, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A "We're Hiring" sign advertising jobs is seen at the entrance of a restaurant, as Miami-Dade County eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Marco Bello/File Photo

Reopening America: Three ways to preserve jobs

Marcela Escobari and Ian Seyal

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Beds are seen in a field hospital which will provide extra intensive care space for patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), inside the exhibition centre Stockholmsmassan in Alvsjo, Stockholm, Sweden March 30, 2020. Jonas Ekstromer/TT News Agency via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN.

Reopening the World: Coordinating the international distribution of medical goods

Tuesday, June 30, 2020