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The Current brings you smart, timely, and quick analysis from Brookings experts on breaking news and changing policies. In under ten minutes, learn not only what happened, but why, and how t...
The Trump administration has used executive orders to expand immigration enforcement, overhaul elections, and gut diversity, equity, and inc...
With an indefinite ceasefire in place and continued attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, the war in Iran has reached a turning point. Given the...
The IRS and the Postal Service are close to their breaking points. On this episode of The Current , Katie Dunn Tenpas speaks with Senior Fel...
Culture wars have distracted America's K-12 system at the expense of students, says former U.S. Ambassador and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. O...
Research shows that investing in programs and places for youth to participate in sports can reduce gun violence. But what can the people mos...
This episode of The Current features excerpts from a new Brookings podcast, The Beijing Brief , on which scholars from the China Center at B...
Can investing in youth sports—especially in certain neighborhoods where children are particularly vulnerable—reduce gun violence? In this ep...
Brookings Metro Senior Fellow Joe Parilla speaks with Alma Flores, executive director of the Latino Economic Development Center, and Peter F...
Two weeks into the United States' and Israel's war with Iran, there are increasingly urgent questions about Iran's future and the Trump admi...
This week, Brookings experts convened to discuss the Iran war and its implications for Iran, the Middle East, and international security. Th...
In new research, scholars at the Center for Community Uplift at Brookings and Gallup find a high degree of interracial cooperation across ke...
With the annual Munich Security Conference now wrapped, Brookings expert Constanze Stelzenmüller brings back insights from the conversations...
The first State of the Union address of President Trump's second term is coming up, but Brookings scholars aren't waiting for the speech to...
In the first year of his second term, President Trump has conducted a trade policy that features tariff cuts, tariff raises, and tariff exem...
The violence in Minneapolis has become a flashpoint for a national debate regarding ICE and immigration enforcement. In this episode of The...
Brookings senior fellows Michael O'Hanlon and Robert Kagan discuss O'Hanlon's latest book, To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Sinc...
In recent days, the Iranian regime has conducted an unprecedented and bloody crackdown on protests across Iran. In this episode, Brookings F...
Are we heading in the right direction with AI in education, or drifting into a "wild west" of privacy risks and lost learning? In this episo...
Scott Anderson and Caitlin Talmadge discuss the legal, tactical, and strategic angles of the recent U.S. military operation to capture Venez...
Tony Pipa, senior fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development and host of the Reimagine Rural podcast, sits down with Kentucky Governor...
A recent flurry of negotiations among American, Russian, Ukrainian, and European officials to find a diplomatic solution to end the Russia-U...
Artificial Intelligence (AI), is heralding a profound shift in how we learn, work, and live. To gain insight into how AI is reshaping the Am...
In this episode, ACDS chair Norm Eisen discusses the forthcoming fourth edition of the Democracy Playbook and the emerging research showing...
The conflict in Sudan is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. More than 150,000 people have died; millions have fled their homes and are s...
Little Village, a Latino business corridor in Chicago, has been contending with tariffs, immigration enforcement, and other changes in feder...
With expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans set to expire at the end of 2025, Americans on ACA health plans are starting to see bi...
The thirtieth Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP30, meets in Belém, Brazil next...
After years of war, Syria is attempting to rebuild under a new government. Brookings Fellow and Director of the Turkey Project Aslı Aydıntaş...
The annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum, or APEC, starts October 31 in South Korea. Leaders from the twenty-one Pac...
The Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, known as the DMV — District, Maryland, and Virginia — is home to the U.S. federal government, 6.4...
As of October 1, 2025, non-essential U.S. government operations ceased due to the failure of Congress to pass legislation that funds governm...
The 80th UN General Assembly is underway in New York City, in session from just after Labor Day into December. The annual High-Level Week, w...
On this episode — a look at the shifting landscape of media regulation, consolidation, and the ongoing debate over free speech in the wake o...
The credibility of U.S. federal government data may seem an arcane topic, but it is critical for a well-functioning economy. To explore the...
On August 11, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that put the federal government in charge of the local police force. A second...
20 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, researchers from New Orleans, Brookings, and The Data Center are examin...
Mara Karlin, a visiting fellow at Brookings and former U.S. assistant secretary of defense for strategy, plans, and capabilities, discusses...
Molly Kinder, fellow in Brookings Metro, reflects on the moral and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence, work, and workers, as she...
House Republicans are currently negotiating a budget reconciliation bill that packages extensive tax breaks with deep spending cuts to anti-...
Historically, Black Americans' quest for power has been seen as an attempt to gain equal protection under the law, but power in America requ...
In its first two months, the Trump administration has not only laid off thousands of federal workers and shuttered agencies, but it has also...
Democracy Playbook 2025, published by the Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security project at Brookings, identifies seven pillars that are e...
This week, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) ordered a freeze of funding across a broad array of federal programs, leadi...
As the Trump administration prepares to take power in Washington, Senior Fellow Tony Pipa, host of the Reimagine Rural podcast, looks at wha...
On December 8, Syrian rebels took control of Damascus, the nation's capital. Deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia, marking the en...
As the U.S. heads into the final days of the 2024 elections, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas reviews the health of American democracy, the lack of guard...
The economy is one of the quadrennial top issues for American voters, and related to economic performance are concerns about the national de...
The high cost of housing is a significant economic pressure for many Americans, even as inflation has eased. Homeowners and renters alike pa...
The 79th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations opened this week in New York City. To address some of the main issues on the...
As part of the Brookings Election '24 initiative, Samantha Gross, director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at Brookings, talks...