Editor's note: The next Brookings Brief will arrive in your inbox on Saturday, November 30, as we take a break to celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States.
After dominating the news this month, the impeachment inquiry is bound to be a popular topic at Thanksgiving dinner. Darrell West offers advice for getting through awkward political conversations with relatives and friends.
If you are one of the 165 million Americans expected to shop over Black Friday weekend, the chances are high that automation and technology will be part of your shopping experience. Molly Kinder discusses the rise of self-checkout kiosks, a technology that has become a bane to retail workers and a symbol of the perils of the future of work.
"The future of the Saudi American relationship is in more doubt today than ever. It has lost bipartisan support. Next November, it may be on life support," Bruce Riedel writes.
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