2020 Candidates and Black America, Lessons from 'Little Women,' and More

February 8, 2020

An elderly African American man holds his “I voted” sticker after he cast his ballot in Washington, DC.

The 2020 presidential candidates need to stop using Black Americans as symbols, and deliver substance

"Black people suffer when candidates don’t authentically value them. Instead of symbolism, candidates must show how their policies will create jobs, wealth, and protection for Black communities," Andre Perry writes.

3 lessons from 'Little Women' for modern housing policy

From the class conflicts of "Parasite" to the metropolitan decay in "Joker," a selection of films competing for Best Picture at tomorrow’s Academy Awards explore the issues of housing and urban policy. But out of all of them, Jenny Schuetz says Greta Gerwig's "Little Women" may have the most to say about American homes.

Listen: 24 hours in New Hampshire

What does it take to run a presidential campaign in New Hampshire? Elaine Kamarck and Chris McKenna went to the Granite State for a special episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast to talk to party officials and organizers on the ground about the first-in-the-nation primary.

Listen to the podcast

Brookings experts on impeachment

The Senate's vote to acquit President Trump. In The Atlantic, Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes argue that the Senate has legitimized 23 dangerous legal and moral claims that will not serve America well.

How Romney changed the impeachment story. After Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) voted to convict Trump on abuse of power, Sarah Binder explains in the Washington Post how the senator's move could shape the long-term narrative of the trial.

The final day of the trial. In the last episode of The Impeachment podcast from Lawfare, hear highlights from a historic day in U.S. politics, followed by a discussion on what happened during the trial and what might come next.

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