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The ‘real’ economic advantage of investing in families this holiday season (Hailey M. Gibbs, Margaret Burchinal, and Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Brookings)

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released earlier this month offers a clear picture of the costs of the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) to America....

When security in Europe conflicts with democracy in Poland (Carlo Bastasin, Brookings)

Recent developments in Poland show how difficult it can be to hold together democracy and security, two of the existential goals that have shaped...

Trump’s judicial campaign to upend the 2020 election: A failure, but not a wipe-out (Russell Wheeler, Brookings)

One sign of a healthy democracy is a judiciary that applies the law independently, even in cases involving powerful partisan interests. When President Donald...

The American Rescue Plan opportunity is knocking for local governments. Will they answer? (Brad Whitehead, Isaac Velez, and Eli Byerly-Duke, Brookings)

Love it or hate it, one cannot deny the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the potential additional federal legislation to follow represent a generational opportunity to...

Unlocking young women’s economic potential through digital mentoring in India (Arundhuti Gupta, Brookings)

Imagine a room full of university students in India: young men and women sitting shoulder to shoulder in equal numbers. Fast forward 10 years:...

Despite the pandemic narrative, Americans are moving at historically low rates (William H. Frey, Brookings)

New Census Bureau data released this month shows that despite the attention given to COVID-related migration out of cities, college towns, and other pandemic-impacted areas, overall...

Can Biden rally the powerful democracies? (Bruce Jones, Brookings)

From the earliest days of his presidential campaign, Joe Biden has made the restoration and defense of democracy a centerpiece of his foreign policy...

Discord threatens the Duterte dynasty (Makoi Popioco, East Asia Forum)

The chaos of the eleventh-hour substitution filing for the 2022 Philippines elections confirmed the disaccord in the Duterte dynasty. But these disagreements may not be...

Deradicalisation regulations stoke more radicalisation in Sri Lanka (Ambika Satkunanathan, East Asia Forum)

On 12 March 2021, new ‘Deradicalisation from Holding Violent Extremist Religious Ideology‘ regulations were issued under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in Sri...

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