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America is turning 250. Here’s how immigration may shape its future.

William H. Frey

June 25, 2026

States at the wheel: A state policy scorecard on electric vehicle readiness

Shriya Methkupally, Mark Muro

June 17, 2026

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - AUGUST 02: Patients wait for care at a Remote Area Medical (RAM) mobile dental and medical clinic at Terre Haute South High School on August 02, 2025 in Terre Haute, Indiana. More than a thousand people are expected to seek free dental, medical, and vision care at the two-day event in Terre Haute, which has a poverty rate of over 25 percent. Non-profit organization RAM provides free medical care through mobile clinics in underserved, isolated, or impoverished communities around the country and world. As healthcare continues to be a contentious issue in the U.S., an estimated 27 million people — or 8.3 percent of the population — are uninsured, according to a report from the Census Bureau, with the rate considerably higher in rural and poorer parts of the country.

Reducing poverty among older adults

Wendell Primus, Ben Graham, Jack A. Smalligan, Chloe Zilkha

June 17, 2026

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July 06

2026

A rebalancing NATO gathers in Ankara

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Monday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT

Commercial vessels remain anchored off Port Sultan Qaboos around Qaboos Port on June 21, 2026 in Muscat, Oman.

Will the Strait of Hormuz reopen after the US-Iran deal?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Kari Heerman, Bruce Jones

June 25, 2026

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America at 250

Democracy in Question: America at 250

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June 16

2026

Education Brookings on the Hill: Civics at 250

The Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, Washington D.C.

Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT

Children stand with the American flag and a sign that reads "one nation" on the eve of the inauguration of Barack Obama in January 2009.

U.S. Democracy Protest changes policy when communities stay organized

Rashawn Ray

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U.S. Democracy The most profound line in the Declaration of Independence

Lindsay Chervinsky, Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

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Iran

Iran Blowback: How the Iran war may change the world

Protesters and local Palestinian landowners, who say some of their land was taken for the newly built Mount Tarousa settlement (background), run from tear gas fired by Israeli security forces blocking a road leading to the hilltop during a rally against the settlement near Dura in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on June 19, 2026.

Crisis & Conflict Management The cycle of violence: From Israel-Palestine to Iran and back

Hady Amr

A driver refuels a vehicle at a gas station at night on May 10, 2026, in Tokyo, Japan.

Asia & the Pacific Iran war reverberations: A nadir for Asia’s economic security

Mireya Solís

Jeepney drivers wait for passengers at a jeepney yard on April 19, 2026 in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Southeast Asia The fallout in Southeast Asia

Lynn Kuok

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Defense & Security

Crime, Justice & Safety The spiking threat: Mexican cartels in Europe, Canada, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America

Vanda Felbab-Brown

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) hands an aide a note as he testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.

U.S. Defense Policy A better way to spend $350 billion at the Pentagon

Michael E. O’Hanlon

In this photo, the remains of an UNHCR warehouse can be seen following a Russian ballistic missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Ukraine Dispatch from Ukraine

Mara Karlin

Protesters call for the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in front of National Assembly on Dec. 14, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.

Democracy, Conflict, & Governance From martial law to democratic renewal in South Korea

Andrew Yeo, Hanna Foreman

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Artificial Intelligence

Technology Policy & Regulation 5 lessons from teachers on the risks of anthropomorphic AI

Rebecca Winthrop

A man takes photos of a DeepSeek display at a shopping mall in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province

China Are the US and China really in an AI “race”?

Kyle Chan, R. David Edelman, Ryan Hass

Artificial Intelligence The political geography of AI exposure

Mark Muro, Todd Jones, Shriya Methkupally

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Artificial Intelligence Getting to all-of-the-above: A framework of solutions for AI’s coming impacts on work and workers

Xavier de Souza Briggs

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Education

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July 08

2026

Education Technology Scaling sustainable edtech innovations in South and Southeast Asia

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Children & Families Making family, school, and community engagement integral to Zanzibar’s learning ecosystem

Emily Markovich Morris, Richaa Hoysala, Eshe Haji

Education 2 members of Congress on improving American education

Rep. Kevin Kiley, Rep. Mark Takano, Rashawn Ray

Education America’s school boards

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July 02

2026

Global Education Transforming education systems in a time of disruption and shifting power: Collaborative research and action from African perspectives

The Boma, Nairobi, Kenya

Thursday, 8:30 am - 4:45 pm EAT

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July 06

2026

Defense & Security A rebalancing NATO gathers in Ankara

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Monday, 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT

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July 08

2026

Education Technology Scaling sustainable edtech innovations in South and Southeast Asia

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