Social Issues

The Avenue

A revolution of values for Black American families

Andre M. Perry

Friday, May 22, 2020

Christy Hagman prepares boxes of food at the C3 Church Food Pantry in Portland, Ore., on April 21, 2020. The pantry has seen demand triple as a result of the novel coronavirus but thanks to generous donations from larger grocery outlets they have been able to continue to provide an essential community service. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Op-Ed

Protecting our economy and our health in a pandemic

Carol Graham and Benjamin Miller

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Middle school reading teacher Shayna Boyd prepares for the start of remote teaching due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in her home office in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. April 8, 2020. Picture taken April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan O'Brien.

The Avenue

COVID-19 shows that America’s broadband plan is still in beta

Blair Levin

Monday, May 18, 2020

Up Front

COVID-19 has made expanded national service more important than ever

Isabel V. Sawhill and Larry Checco

Friday, May 15, 2020

Reports

A man bowls in a nearly empty bowling alley inside McCall's Tavern at Spanish Springs Town Square, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in The Villages, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

Social Issues

Bowling with Trump

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran February 10, 2012, a day before the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/File Photo - RTX2RCC8

Report

The Islamic Republic of Iran four decades on: The 2017/18 protests amid a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, April 27, 2020

A child sleeps on the back of her mother as she sells fruits to customers along the streets in the ancient city of Bhaktapur, near Nepal's capital Kathmandu September 23, 2013. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar (NEPAL - Tags: SOCIETY)

Report

The constraints that bind (or don’t): Integrating gender into economic constraints analyses

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Housing Markets & Finance

Is zoning a useful tool or a regulatory barrier?

Jenny Schuetz

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

Blog Posts

Weeds are seen near a sign hanging outside a bar that went out of business in Denver February 26, 2009. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES)

Up Front

Losing your own business is worse than losing a salaried job

Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, and Olga Popova

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Felix Hassebroek is comforted by his father after dropping food at lunch during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S., April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Up Front

The midlife dip in well-being: Why it matters at times of crisis

David G. Blanchflower and Carol Graham

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

A woman looks on at the Chongqing Iron and Steel plant in Changshou, Chongqing, China August 6, 2018. Picture taken August 6, 2018. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

Future Development

Gender and growth: The constraints that bind (or don’t)

Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley

Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Experts

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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

Brookings Now

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

Brennan Hoban

Thursday, March 8, 2018

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The changing identity of America’s middle class

Camille Busette, Richard V. Reeves, and Adrianna Pita

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