Driving Investment in Africa, Latino Representation in Textbooks, and More

Understanding the political behavior of young Americans, expanding U.S. history books, and U.S.-Africa commercial diplomacy.

View in browser June 20, 2023 How to drive US investment to Africa   In 2014, U.S. direct investment in Africa was at an all-time high—nearly $69 billion. Seven years later it had dropped to about $45 billion. In a new commentary, Witney Schneidman and Gracelin Baskaran assess America's commercial presence on the continent and recommend ways to deepen commercial diplomacy.   Read more Latino representation in US history textbooks falls short   Today's classrooms include nearly 14 million Latino students, representing more than a quarter of K-12 public school students in the United States. Are these students seeing themselves in the textbooks that they are assigned to read? Ashley Rogers Berner and Viviana López Green share findings from their recent research.     Read more How younger Americans will impact elections: Lessons from the consumer marketplace   From a lack of brand loyalty to fragmented communications, America's youngest voters are reshaping the consumer marketplace. Understanding a few key elements of their marketplace behavior may help us understand something about their political behavior as well, write Natalie Padilla and Jack MacKenzie.   Read more 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. The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Unsubscribe Manage your newsletter subscriptions | Receive the Brookings Brief less often