Fred Dews

1 week ago | brookings.edu | Andre Perry |David Wessel |Fred Dews

... just as we can start these bad policies at the local levels, we can create inclusive policies at the local level. So that’s part of what the book does. It says here are people actually doing something to change the outcomes of Black people and communities. Andre Perry Historically, Black Americans’ quest for power has been seen as an attempt to gain equal protection under the law, but power in America requires more than basic democratic freedoms.

2 months ago | brookings.edu | Norman Eisen |Fred Dews

... from a scholarly and purely analytical perspective, we lay out what works and what doesn’t work. And that’s pertinent to the moment in the United States. Norm Eisen Democracy Playbook 2025, published by the Anti-Corruption, Democracy, and Security project at Brookings, identifies seven pillars that are essential to safeguard democracy worldwide and offers actionable steps to strengthen democratic institutions in the U.S. and globally.

Oct 16, 2024 | brookings.edu | Benjamin Harris |Fred Dews

The economy is one of the quadrennial top issues for American voters, and related to economic performance are concerns about the national debt, taxes, and government spending, especially on popular entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. On this episode, Ben Harris, vice president and director of Economic Studies at Brookings, talks with host Fred Dews about how these issues are seen by American voters during election season and beyond.

Oct 7, 2024 | brookings.edu | Vanda Felbab-Brown |Fred Dews

[President Claudia] Sheinbaum has spoken about the fact that she wants to increase the numbers of investigators and deploy them to counter crime. So, I think that’s a very important element. But again, developing a robust law enforcement strategy will be critical. Vanda Felbab-Brown In this episode of The Killing Drugs, Vanda Felbab-Brown talks with Fred Dews about the role of Mexican criminal groups in the U.S. opioid crisis and U.S-Mexico anti-crime cooperation.

Sep 30, 2024 | brookings.edu | Vanda Felbab-Brown |Fred Dews

With countries with whom China has good relations or with whom it wants to build good relations … it extends law enforcement and counter-narcotics cooperation. And with countries with whom it has bad relations or with whom relations deteriorate, it denies the cooperation. So, when China announced in 2022, no more cooperation with the U.S., it acted very much according to its standard script.