Police in Schools, Pakistan and the US-Taliban Deal, and More

June 27, 2020

Students join together to call for the removal of Chicago Police Department officers from the hallways of CPS schools

Framing a legislative agenda to achieve meaningful school safety and policing reform

Recent calls for comprehensive police reform have included America's schools, where law enforcement serves as school resource officers with little accountability and Black and Hispanic students face disparities in excessive force and restraint. Kenneth Alonzo Anderson and Meredith B.L. Anderson provide a legislative framework to address the multiple layers of school safety reform needed to achieve meaningful change.

Will the Afghan peace process be Pakistan's road to redemption?

In the aftermath of September 11, the United States has been deeply suspicious of Pakistan's extensive associations with terrorist organizations. Madiha Afzal writes that through the U.S.-Taliban peace deal, Pakistan can work to shed that image and repair its relationship with America.

Listen: What should states learn from Tuesday's primaries for the November elections?

Amid both a global pandemic and racial unrest in the country, voters in Kentucky, New York, and Virginia participated in primary elections for their respective states. In the latest episode of The Current, Elaine Kamarck discusses how mail-in and in-person voting worked in these states and what these primaries mean for the upcoming general election.

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Brookings experts in the news

What Fiona Hill learned in the White House. From her first day in the Trump administration to her landmark testimony before Congress last fall, the New Yorker's Adam Entous spotlights Fiona Hill's time as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council.

The struggles of low-wage workers. Drawing on research from across Brookings, the New York Times' Thomas Edsall examines the numerous challenges facing America's low-wage workforce, including unfavorable tax policies, declining bargaining power, and displacement due to automation.

The state of policing in the United States. In the Washington Post, Robert McCartney speaks with Rashawn Ray about his four-point agenda for policing reform, the movement to defund law enforcement, racial disparities in the coronavirus pandemic, and more.

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