1+ hour, 11+ min ago  (385+ words) Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that health care has risen to the top of Americans" concerns about affordability. A recent survey found that 32% of respondents were "very worried" about health care costs, compared to 24% for food and groceries,…...

3+ hour, 17+ min ago  (208+ words) Many American workers associate artificial intelligence (AI) with layoffs, less satisfying work, and tech billionaires becoming ever more wealthy at their expense. They may be right. On March 26, the AFL-CIO will host a national Workers First AI Summit to ensure…...

7+ hour, 22+ min ago  (274+ words) This is a summary of an event held on March 19, 2026. You can watch the full video of the event here. The event featured remarks from Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), followed by an expert panel and a fireside chat with Under…...

7+ hour, 11+ min ago  (281+ words) The United States needs to shift toward an equity-based approach that is rooted in the long-standing American political tradition encoded in the Declaration of Independence: that all are "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are…...

7+ hour, 32+ min ago  (91+ words) The following testimony was submitted for the record to the Senate Budget Committee on March 24, 2026. Wendell Primus submitted testimony for the record for a hearing held by the Senate Budget Committee on Social Security and the path forward. In his…...

18+ hour, 9+ min ago  (1743+ words) SIGN: Hello, welcome to season five of the Foresight Africa podcast. As always, I am your host, Landry Sign, senior fellow in the Brookings Institution's Global Economy and Development Program and Africa Growth Initiative. This season, we continue to look…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (219+ words) 40% of federal student loan borrowers, or roughly 12M peopleare enrolled in IDR plans, accounting for $700 billionin loan balances. By January of 2026, over 1.2 million borrowers had received $90.6 billionin forgiveness, corresponding to average relief of Read the event summary here Today's student loan…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (10+ words) The Trump FCC is leveraging public trust for political gain'Brookings...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (393+ words) The pandemic also caused persistent changes to school operations. Among the more notable changes is a greater emphasis on students" mental health, which has led to, among other things, teachers giving students less homework and allowing students to retake exams,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (147+ words) The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025" (OBBBA), signed into law July 4, 2025, is a sweeping tax-and-spending package that could reshape federal fiscal policy for decades to come. "In a new paper, we provide a comprehensive but, of course, preliminary analysis…...