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Race and gender gaps in COVID-19 deaths

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Global China's ambitions in the Indian Ocean region

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Tracking COVID-19's spread into less urban, whiter, and more Trump-friendly places

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How digital privacy law asymmetries can hurt criminal defendants

105

A roadmap for reopening America

106

Immigrants and the coronavirus pandemic: A conversation with Rep. Judy Chu

107

A new paradigm for valuing Black communities

108

Gender equality, unpaid work, and women's suffrage

109

The case for reparations for Black Americans

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Addressing COVID-19 in resource-poor and fragile countries

111

Techstream: Where technology and policy intersect

112

Technology competition between the US and a Global China

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Kim Jong Un's ascent to power in North Korea

114

Global China's advanced technology ambitions

115

How the US embassy in Prague aided Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution

116

How US military services are responding to the coronavirus and the pandemic's impact on military readiness

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Why Boko Haram in Nigeria fights western education

118

What Americans think about President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic

119

What coronavirus teaches us about addressing climate change

120

How cities and states are responding to COVID-19

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Brookings experts on the $2 trillion coronavirus response package

122

The 1979 Iranian Revolution's enduring impact on the world

123

Fiona Hill on the role of expertise and public servants in a time of crisis

124

The Affordable Care Act at 10 years

125

America's housing crisis and the gatekeeping of opportunity

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How racism hurts businesses in Black communities

127

Global China's relationship with Europe

128

How China shapes U.S.-India relations

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The rise of populism in US and European politics

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24 hours in New Hampshire

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Larry Summers on progressive tax reform

132

Challenges and opportunities for Africa's next decade

133

How will automation impact middle-class jobs?

134

What America's slow-growing population means for immigration, the Electoral College, and more

135

The top economic issues in 2020

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Best of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast in 2019

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AI will affect better-paid workers, but will it displace them?

138

Burma at a crossroads

139

Interview with Colombia's top official for the Venezuelan refugee crisis

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Who are the Inspectors General and what do they do?

141

Global China's ambitions across East Asia

142

How universities can help tackle global challenges

143

What it means to impeach a president

144

The biggest health care issues of the 2020 election

145

Fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later

146

Beirut 1958: America's first Middle East intervention

147

Brexit and the new plan for Northern Ireland

148

Policy 2020, your guide to the presidential election

149

Learning across a girl's lifetime

150

Global China's plan for overseas military bases

151

Deterring military conflict with a global China

152

Domestic politics in the rise of global China

153

How might a global China use economic sanctions?

154

What does a global China mean for the US and the world?

155

And now the hard part: Resetting the US Relationship with Saudi Arabia

156

A global response to the climate crisis

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Addressing the global learning crisis

158

US-China competition in global development

159

Will foreign aid matter in the 2020 election?

160

Colombia's search for peace and justice

161

Don't be fooled by deepfakes

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On racism and white supremacy

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Protecting American elections from foreign interference

164

What really drives voters to the polls?

165

What can we do to reduce unplanned pregnancies?

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The US in Southeast Asia, and the China challenge

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Americans fear the wrong threats

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Advancing opportunity in California's Inland Empire

169

Where does nationalism come from?

170

Rebroadcast: Former USTR Charlene Barshefsky on the obstacles to a US-China trade deal

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How to fix capitalism for America's workers

172

The power of parents in accelerating global education progress

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China's epic push for cleaner energy

174

Preparing for the next recession

175

The power of private investment for the developing world

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How to avoid a great power war over small stakes

177

Congressional oversight in the Trump era

178

Offensive cyber operations in US national security

179

Is the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dead?

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A primer on India's general elections

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Israel's election result and what comes next

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How to cure America's debt addiction (and invest in the future)

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NATO at 70 is more than a military alliance

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Fixing bail, fines, and fees in the criminal justice system

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India's role as a democracy in the liberal international order

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Indonesia, an unlikely democracy

187

The next democracy debate in the Middle East

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Alice Rivlin: A career spent making better public policy

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The challenges to democracy in East Asia

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Why nonworking men are unhappiest in America

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The India-Pakistan crisis

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The challenges to democracy in Europe

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How we connect: Network revolutions from Gutenberg to Google

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Stacey Abrams on how to overcome voter suppression

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How automation and AI are redefining work

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Black History Month: Creating environments of belonging

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Iran's 1979 revolution and its legacies today

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How America's presidential primaries work and what to expect in 2020

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How Saudi Arabia and Iran use Islam in foreign policy

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The top economic issues in 2019