Social Issues

Reclaiming the American Dream

By Ben Hecht

2018

A syringe filled a narcotic, an empty syringe and a spoon sit on the roof of a car, where a man in his 20's overdosed on opioids in Lynn, Massachusetts, U.S., August 14, 2017. Picture taken August 14, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1257D38130

Premature mortality and the long decline of hope in America

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Anita Monk and her neighbour John Everett dance during a Christmas Dinner event for older people at Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall in London, Britain December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs - RC18585124A0

Longer, more optimistic lives: Historic optimism and life expectancy in the United States

Kelsey J. O’Connor and Carol Graham

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Olivia Caceras holds one of her children as she and other marchers prepare to start a 140-mile walk to the Mexican border, in solidarity with hundreds of hopeful asylum seekers who are currently traveling northbound in a caravan through Mexico, from central Los Angeles, California, U.S. April 22, 2018. REUTERS/David McNew - RC1E7A36A840

Defining the middle class: Cash, credentials, or culture?

Richard V. Reeves, Katherine Guyot, and Eleanor Krause

Monday, May 7, 2018

A person stands with an umbrella in a steady rain at the Martin Luther KIng Jr. Memorial in Washington January 18, 2015. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Brookings experts reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 50 years after his assassination

Gary Burtless, Amy Liu, Jonathan Rauch, Carol Graham, Hady Amr, Marcus Casey, Jenny Schuetz, Anthony F. Pipa, Andre M. Perry, and Nicol Turner Lee

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

WASHINGTON DC - JULY 30, 2014: The Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, featuring a portrait of the civil rights leader carved in granite, was dedicated by President Barack Obama in 2011.

A repast we are still attending for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) students walk on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - RC1E00280F00

Moving beyond divide in America: Insights from well-being metrics, teenagers, and Sister Sledge

Carol Graham and Julie Rusk

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

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As Facebook faces a reputational downfall, here’s what Mark Zuckerberg should do

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Elderly Cubans sit by an image of Cuba's late President Fidel Castro (L) at a retirement home in the Regla neighborhood in Havana, Cuba, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido - HT1ECBT1DDJBU

Innovations in geo-spatial demography offer solutions for aging populations

Kristofer Hamel, Katharina Fenz, and Andreas Walli

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Spotlight Latin America

Friday, March 23, 2018