Alan Berube

Oct 24, 2024 | brookings.edu | Alan Berube

As Election Day approaches, many city leaders across the United States are wondering what a second presidential term for Donald Trump might mean for their residents and communities.

Sep 6, 2024 | brookings.edu | Alan Berube

The COVID-19 pandemic’s sudden onset in 2020 and its persistent impacts in ensuing years posed new challenges for large U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. Some of the initial challenges were related to the specific nature of the coronavirus and public health responses.

Feb 9, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Rip Rapson |Alan Berube

As we enter another presidential election year, policymakers, media and the public will increasingly focus on what the campaign and associated partisan jockeying in Washington indicate for the future of our economy and society. Importantly, Washington isn’t making most of the decisions about how exactly these dollars will be spent.

Feb 9, 2024 | thehill.com | Rip Rapson |Alan Berube

As we enter another presidential election year, policymakers, media and the public will increasingly focus on what the campaign and associated partisan jockeying in Washington indicate for the future of our economy and society. But the most consequential decisions affecting American lives and livelihoods this year will be made in America’s cities, counties, regions and states.

Oct 11, 2023 | brookings.edu | Elizabeth Kneebone |Alan Berube

This is the time of year when the U.S. Census Bureau publishes its latest data on poverty in the United States, and headlines are presenting a mixed picture. One set of survey results found that the overall number of people living in poverty in 2022 was relatively unchanged from the last two years. In contrast, another survey found that America’s child poverty rate doubled between 2021 and 2022, largely due to the post-pandemic expiration of an expanded child tax credit.