Social Issues

Filipino students dance to take part in the One Billion Rising global campaign to end violence against women and children, during the Valentine's Day celebration at St Scholastica's College in Manila, Philippines, February 14, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1BB6610190

Report

A call for a transformative agenda for women for 2020 and beyond

Madeleine Albright, Mary Robinson, and Peggy Clark

Thursday, July 25, 2019

Kids playing in Atlanta, Ga.

The Avenue

The future of the city doesn’t have to be childless

Hanna Love and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

U.S. Reps Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) hold a news conference after Democrats in the U.S. Congress moved to formally condemn President Donald Trump's attacks on the four minority congresswomen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC11EF17C500

The Avenue

Racism is not a distraction; It’s policy

Friday, July 19, 2019

Nurse practitioner Gail Brown (L) an unidentified patient and other nurses look at a print out of an ultrasound from a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. The maternity outreach program helps uninsured women living in the Phoenix metropolitan area receive the proper treatment and care during and after their pregnancy. The Maternity Outreach Mobile is equipped with two exam rooms, an ultrasound machine, an external fetal monitor, a laboratory and offers pregnancy tests, referrals and immunization for children. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY) - WASE5A91J3I01

Podcast Episode

What can we do to reduce unplanned pregnancies?

Isabel V. Sawhill, Jack Markell, and Mark Edwards

Friday, July 19, 2019

Reports

birth control pills

Children & Families

Preventing unplanned pregnancy: Lessons from the states

Isabel V. Sawhill and Katherine Guyot

Monday, June 24, 2019

Meet the out-of-work young adults

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Meet the millions of young adults who are out of work

Martha Ross and Natalie Holmes

April 9, 2019

A woman exits the voting booth after filling out her ballot for the U.S presidential election at the James Weldon Johnson Community Center in the East Harlem neighbourhood of Manhattan, New York City, U.S. November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly - D1BEULQVQHAB

Campaigns & Elections

The Filer Voter experiment: How effective is voter registration at tax time?

Vanessa Williamson

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Children playing in Atlanta

Race & Ethnicity

The rise of black-majority cities

David Harshbarger and Andre M. Perry

February 26, 2019

Lucia Mayta, 43, and her daughter Luz Cecilia, 12, pose for a photograph inside their bodega in La Paz February 24, 2014. Lucia studied until the fourth grade of primary school, and knows how to read and write and do basic math. Lucia runs a bodega, and the family live in a back room. She hopes to build a house in the future. Luz Cecilia is in seventh grade and wants to be a singer. On March 8 activists around the globe celebrate International Women's Day, which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century and has been observed by the United Nations since 1975. The UN writes that it is an occasion to commemorate achievements in women's rights and to call for further change. Picture taken February 24, 2014. REUTERS/David Mercado (BOLIVIA - Tags: SOCIETY EDUCATION)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 11 OF 32 FOR PACKAGE 'WOMEN'S DAY - MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS' TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'REUTERS MOTHERS DAUGHTERS' - GM1EA370T5701

Report

Empowering women entrepreneurs in developing countries

Eyerusalem Siba

Friday, February 15, 2019

Blog Posts

STEM students

The Avenue

STEM talent exists in the South, but investment is appallingly lacking

Andre M. Perry and Rodney Sampson

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a Fourth of July House Party in Indianola, Iowa, U.S., July 4, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan - RC1F4150F4F0

The Avenue

Democratic candidates begin to address the woes of historical discrimination

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Apartments

The Avenue

California needs to build more apartments

Jenny Schuetz and Cecile Murray

July 11, 2019

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Events

Facial recognition: Coming to a street corner near you

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST

The 2018 American Family Survey: Attitudes toward #MeToo, economic anxiety, immigration and more

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Disrupting the cycle of gun violence: A candid discussion with young Chicago residents

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

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Multimedia

Employees at work at an Amazon factory.

Brookings Now

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Podcast Episode

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