Tag: Brookings Institution

The Senate's crusading liberal Democrat from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, once again is pushing legislation intended to alleviate the burden of student debt. This time, her measure exposes a serious problem in the federal government's accounting. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

Elizabeth Warren takes on student debt, but there’s a catch

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2014 12:00 pm

The gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme in several of the United States' most prosperous and largest cities.

Wealth gap is widest in some affluent U.S. cities

Associated Press · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Every metro area, even so-called "vibrant" ones, is to some extent home to the transportation, logistics and warehousing sectors. (Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Why do liberal cities have so much income inequality?

Michael Barone · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

There's no doubt the Affordable Care Act will redistribute wealth in America. People at the top of the income ladder will pay more; people at the bottom will benefit. But a new study finds that Obamacare's redistribution will be stunningly lopsided.

Obamacare will reduce incomes of most Americans

Byron York · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Ben Bernanke's first stop after an eight-year tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve will be the Brookings Institution, the D.C. think tank announced Monday morning. (AP Photo)

Ben Bernanke to join DC think tank Brookings

Joseph Lawler · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Lyndon Johnson laying out his War on Poverty to Congress in 1964. AP Photo

Washington Secrets

Suburgatory: 16,361,075 poor live in suburbs, 13,359,850 in cities

Paul Bedard · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

Brookings, a center-left research organization in Washington, has placed first on the list every year since 2009. (AP Photo)

Brookings takes top spot in ranking of think tanks

Joseph Lawler · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said last week that the only way to reform gridlock in the Senate is "by working, and talking, and cooperating, through give and take." (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Brookings study points to Harry Reid and Senate Democrats as source of gridlock

Joel Gehrke · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Columbia Law School professor John Coffee, a witness at Wednesdayâs hearing, warned that the lawmakers were moving toward a second JOBS Act âwithout any serious evaluation of the impactâ of the first.

Report: Almost half of U.S. families earning below 250 percent of poverty level

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2013 5:00 am

Jon Gabriel of Ricochet.com uses this chart to showÂ thatÂ the nation's political classÂ must takeÂ urgent action to remedy the $17 trillion national debt before it's too late. (Chart: Jon Gabriel/Ricochet.com)

Examiner Editorial: Paranoia on the Left over Tea Party and debt ceiling

Editorial Writer · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Supreme Court poised to rule on gay marriage, voting rights

Sean Lengell · June 25, 2013 4:00 am