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Emiliana Vegas and Michael Hansen discuss their new report on how computer science education builds life skills, not just computer programmers. And Adie Tomer talks about the new infrastructure program, calling it the largest single investment in the country’s built environment in decades. → Read More
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Helen Hadani discuss their education policy reform proposal for playful learning and how it can instill the 21st-century skills people need to thrive. Also, Amy Liu introduces the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project. → Read More
A collection of charts and data from climate-change related posts from recent Brookings research. → Read More
A synopsis of the new paper by Alan Krueger in the Fall 2017 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity. Krueger, a Princeton University economist, takes a close look at the labor force implications of the opioid epidemic on a local and national level. → Read More
The U.S.-EU Privacy Shield framework, the agreement between the U.S. government and the European Commission that enables continued flows of commercial data from Europe to the United States, is unde… → Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear a Wisconsin case on political gerrymandering. What does research tell us about the relationship between gerrymandering and partisanship? And, what are the solutions? → Read More
In this episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Ryan Nunn, a fellow in Economic Studies and policy director for the Hamilton Project, addresses the earnings of college graduates based on their choices in career path and course of study. → Read More
Vanessa Williamson, fellow in Governance Studies, explains why the civic commitment of tax paying makes Americans proud and how misinformation about the tax system can negatively influence public p… → Read More
Bruce Riedel, senior fellow and director of the Brookings Intelligence Project, offers his expert view on the policy challenges facing the new administration with respect to Pakistan, their double-… → Read More
In week nine of Donald Trump’s presidency, the House of Representatives voted on their replacement for the Affordable Care Act, Senators asked Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch questions, and FBI … → Read More
The latest economic research: “Deaths of despair” are on the rise, Trump’s wall is unnecessary, and more → Read More
Donna A. Lopiano, adjunct lecturer in sports management at Southern Connecticut State University and president of Sports Management Resources consulting firm, and former Women’s Athletic Dire… → Read More
Philip Wallach, senior fellow in Governance Studies, breaks down the regulatory process and considers the shape of regulation in Trump’s administration. Also in this episode, an excerpt from an eve… → Read More
In week seven of Donald Trump’s presidency, Republicans unveiled a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, the White House enacted a new executive order on refugees and immigration, and Nort… → Read More
Here’s week six of what Brookings experts are saying in the first 100 days about the Trump administration’s policy choices, personnel decisions, and engagements with global and domestic events. To … → Read More
Jessica Brandt, associate fellow in Foreign Policy and special assistant to the president in the Executive Office, examines the state of the global refugee crisis today and addresses what steps the… → Read More
Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress. It was not a traditional “State of the Union” speech, but it is customary for a new pre… → Read More
Steven Pifer, senior fellow and director of the Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, examines the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in terms of nuclear policy, arms control, and th… → Read More
Today, the Center on the United States and Europe (CUSE) is hosting NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for a Statesman’s Forum address on the importance of the transatlantic alliance and how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is evolving to address new common security challenges. In his remarks, Secretary-General Rasmussen clearly stated that "Russia's military aggression in… → Read More
Millennials, those born between 1982 and 2003, are "a cohort whose dominating presence will make its behaviors the major motif of American life in the next decade," write the authors of a new paper, "How Millennials Could Upend Wall Street and Corporate America." Morley Winograd and Michael Hais present new findings about how members of the Millennial generation view banking, finance and… → Read More