Brookings Books and Journals

• Growing Fairly septiembre 8, 2021
  Tested, practical ideas to meet current and future skilling needs of both workers and employers The labor market in the United States faces seemingly contradictory challenges: Many employers have trouble finding qualified applicants for current and future jobs, while millions of Americans are out of work or are underemployed—their paths to living-wage jobs blocked by…      
• Hyperlocal agosto 26, 2021
  An examination of how the (hyper)local is the locus of real change Many of America’s downtowns, waterfronts, and innovation districts have experienced significant revitalization and reinvestment in recent years, but concentrated poverty and racial segregation remain persistent across thousands of urban, suburban, and rural neighborhoods. The coronavirus pandemic magnified this sustained and growing landscape of…      
• Managing U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century agosto 26, 2021
  Exploring how the United States manages its still-powerful nuclear arsenal Arms control agreements and the end of the cold war have made the prospect of nuclear war a distant fear for the general public. But the United States and its principle rivals—China and Russia—still maintain sizable arsenals of nuclear weapons, along with the systems for…