2020 was a busy year for not just Brookings, but also our readers. Paul Gadalla highlights our most-visited pieces of the year, on topics ranging from the Trump administration’s record on the environment to enacting hazard pay for essential workers.
In one of the most challenging years of our lifetimes, Brookings scholars continued to provide nonpartisan, fact-based research and analysis on the pressing issues facing the world. Raman Preet Kaur writes about some of the most impactful Brookings projects and initiatives of the year.
The COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. election, and widespread protests over racial justice issues dominated headlines in 2020, but there was no shortage of other important events that will have broad ramifications for the world. Anna Newby recaps the major international stories of the year.
The year in a podcast. The latest Brookings Cafeteria episode features some of our favorite clips with experts, elected officials, and more to celebrate the closing of this tumultuous year.
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