Social Issues

Barber Adan Covarrubias, 28, stands behind his chair, prior to California's Governor Gavin Newsom’s effective immediately statewide "stay at home order", in the face of the fast-spreading pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19), at the Chateau Barber Shop in Napa, California, U.S. March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Avenue

Cities and states are on the front lines of the economic battle against COVID-19

Joseph Parilla and Reniya Dinkins

Friday, March 20, 2020

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The Avenue

Black Americans were forced into ‘social distancing’ long before the coronavirus

Friday, March 20, 2020

Cvr: Marijuana Federalism

Marijuana Federalism

Edited by Jonathan H. Adler

2020

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Op-Ed

Here’s a cost-effective national service proposal that could bridge our deep divisions

Isabel V. Sawhill and John Bridgeland

Monday, March 9, 2020

Reports

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Housing Markets & Finance

Is zoning a useful tool or a regulatory barrier?

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Ardana McFerren sweeps leafs outside of her home in the historic Pullman neighborhood in Chicago November 20, 2014. U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce the designation of the Pullman neighborhood as a national park on February 19, according to park advocates. The neighborhood's brick homes and ornate public buildings were built in the 1800s by industrialist George Pullman as a blue-collar utopia to house workers from his sleeper car factory. Picture taken November 20, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Nelles (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS) - TM3EABN1EN701

Campaigns & Elections

America’s formerly redlined neighborhoods have changed, and so must solutions to rectify them

Andre M. Perry and David Harshbarger

Monday, October 14, 2019

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

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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

Blog Posts

U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic attend the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Order from Chaos

The historic LGBT Trump appointment that got overshadowed

Friday, March 6, 2020

A technician gets cabling out of his truck to install Google Fiber in a residential home in Provo, Utah, January 2, 2014. Provo is one of three cities Google is currently building and installing gigabit internet and television service for business and residential use. REUTERS/George Frey (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS)

The Avenue

Neighborhood broadband data makes it clear: We need an agenda to fight digital poverty

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

February 6, 2020

Chattanooga

The Avenue

How Chattanooga, Tenn. is leveraging digital inclusion to open its innovation district to all

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

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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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Related Books

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U.S. Inspectors General

By Charles A. Johnson and Kathryn E. Newcomer

2019

Reclaiming the American Dream

By Ben Hecht

2018

The Future of Work

By Darrell M. West

2018

Experts

Jenny Schuetz

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

Andre M. Perry

Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Isabel V. Sawhill

Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Future of the Middle Class Initiative

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Multimedia

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

Employees at work at an Amazon factory.

Brookings Now

Robots aren’t taking the jobs, just the paychecks—and other new findings in economics

Thursday, March 8, 2018

A shadowed family walks through a town.

Podcast Episode

The changing identity of America’s middle class

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

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