Politics and the pandemic in Latino and Native American communities
This episode features an interview with an expert who calls immigration and the Latino vote a golden opportunity for Democrats in 2022. Gabriel Sanche...
The Brookings Cafeteria
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Host Fred Dews interviews experts from the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization (think tank) based in Washington, D.C., about their research and ideas on solutions to the most pressing public policy challenges facing the nation and the world.
Unpacking Opportunity Zones tax havens
David Wessel, a senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at Brookings, is author of the new book “Only the Rich...
White decline and increased diversity in America's aging population
America’s white population is declining and aging, while the share of Latinos or Hispanics, Asians, and people who identify as two are more races is i...
Jordan and America's decades-long friendship
For over 70 years, Jordan has been an important ally in the Middle East for the United States, a connection built largely on the relationships between...
Rule the waves, rule the world
Oceans are at the center of global competition, climate, and trade. In his new book, “To Rule the Waves: How Control of the World’s Oceans Shapes the ...
How 9/11 changed the policy world
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, six Brookings scholars reflect on their personal experiences of that terrible day, and offer expert insights into...
Challenges to early childhood education in the wake of COVID-19
As students return to schools across the country, this episode of the Brookings Cafeteria features a rebroadcast of a recent online event from the Bro...
Why high unemployment persists for Black workers
Disparities between Black workers and white workers in employment and labor force participation existed long before the coronavirus pandemic, and the ...
The Taliban takes Afghanistan
On this episode, in the wake of the Taliban's rapid takeover of Afghanistan, a discussion of the forces and issues that have shaped Afghanistan over t...
Why it's harder for American workers to get ahead, and what we can do about it
On this 400th episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Marcela Escobari, a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development at Brookings, talks abou...