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Tom Wheeler The internet is the most powerful and pervasive platform in the history of the planet. A huge amount of that power comes from...

Brian Fowler and Emiliana Vegas Computer science (CS) education helps students acquire skills such as computational thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration. https://www.brookings.edu/research/how-uruguay-implemented-its-computer-science-education-program/

Alex Engler Algorithmic hiring systems are proliferating, and while some present opportunities to reduce systemic biases, others create new modes of discrimination. https://www.brookings.edu/research/auditing-employment-algorithms-for-discrimination/

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon Can the United States, under the Biden administration, responsibly end its forever war in Afghanistan? https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/03/12/why-staying-in-afghanistan-is-the-least-bad-choice-for-biden/

Alexandra Bracken, John McArthur, and Jacob Taylor The economic, social, and environmental challenges embedded throughout the world’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require many breakthroughs from...

Nathan Hultman, Joseph W. Kane, and Fred Dews On this sixth and final episode from the Blueprints for American Renewal and Prosperity project, two Brookings experts discuss their...

Daphna Bassok, Lauren Bauer, Stephanie Riegg Cellini, Helen Shwe Hadani, Michael Hansen, Douglas N. Harris, Brad Olsen, Richard V. Reeves, Jon Valant, and Kenneth K. Wong One year ago, the World Health Organization declared...

John Letzing A number of troubling discoveries have been made related to Antarctica. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/03/the-more-we-learn-about-antarctica-the-clearer-the-need-to-fight-climate-change/

Fernando Paula Brito One priority of the Portuguese presidency of the Council of the EU is to conclude the legislative process that will allow terrorist...