America’s Hard-to-Predict Jobs Recovery, the Power of Educational Media, and More

COVID-19's long-term impacts on extreme poverty, how children's media can support learning, and the uneven U.S. labor market recovery.

View in browser June 4, 2021 Examining the uneven and hard-to-predict labor market recovery   After disappointing U.S. jobs numbers in April, what will the May employment report reveal? Ahead of today's release, Lauren Bauer, Arindrajit Dube, Wendy Edelberg, and Aaron Sojourner take stock of America's labor market, discuss areas for optimism, and outline what's holding back the recovery.   Read more Long-run impacts of COVID-19 on extreme poverty   Global poverty had been declining before COVID-19, but the pandemic interrupted this trend. Highlighting a new policy brief, Homi Kharas and Meagan Dooley estimate COVID-19's impact on where extreme poverty will likely be concentrated in 2030, and what can be done to reverse these trends.   Read more Expecting—and getting—more from children's media   "As we address months of unfinished learning due to the pandemic and centuries of racial injustice, we need to consider the important role that educational programs like 'Molly of Denali' and other public media can play in helping to support students' academic and social growth," Joy Lorenzo Kennedy and Claire Christensen write.   Read more Help support Brookings with a donation   Brookings is committed to making its high-quality, independent policy research free to the public. Please consider making a contribution today to our Annual Fund to support our experts' work. The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brookings Institution campus in Washington, D.C. is currently closed and all events are virtual only. For more information on the Institution's response, read our full guidance here. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter preferences | Receive the Brookings Brief less often