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USA/Central America – U.S. Detention of Child Migrants (CFR)

Amelia Cheatham Tens of thousands of unaccompanied children have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border each year, sparking debate over how to respond. A recent...

Pandemic divergence: A short note on COVID-19 and global income inequality (Brookings)

Eduardo Levy Yeyati, Federico Filippini In this paper we provide an initial assessment of the economic losses related to the COVID pandemic in three ways:...

USA – What will Facebook’s ban mean for Donald Trump’s future? (Brookings)

Elaine Kamarck Today Facebook’s Oversight Board, (its self-designated “supreme court”) upheld the decision to ban Trump from its platform. His account was suspended the day after the...

The hacker, the tax haven, and what $200 million in offshore deposits can tell us about the fight against illicit wealth (Brookings)

Matthew Collin The global financial system is infected with dirty money. Despite decades of progress in strengthening policies aimed at stamping out cross-border tax evasion...

USA – Mothers are being left behind in the economic recovery from COVID-19 (Brookings)

Lauren Bauer “It is unclear whether child-care issues will prevent women from returning to employment as the economy recovers,” wrote economist Betsey Stevenson (University of...

USA – The coming COVID-19 baby bust is here (Brookings)

Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine Official birth data from the final months of 2020 were released last night from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

USA – Assessing the social and emotional costs of mass shootings with Twitter data (Brookings)

Mary Blankenship and Carol Graham Mass shootings that result in mass casualties are almost a weekly occasion in the United States, which—not coincidentally—also has the most guns...

USA – Turnout in 2020 election spiked among both Democratic and Republican voting groups, new census data shows (Brookings)

William H. Frey Voter turnout in the 2020 election was exceptionally high, with 66.8% of eligible voters casting ballots, resulting in a victory for Joe Biden. In...

USA – Designing a public option that would reduce health care provider prices (Brookings)

Matthew Fiedler In the coming months, Congress may consider policy changes aimed at expanding coverage and reducing overall health care spending, perhaps as part of...

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