How Abortion Access Impacts Women, Stagnant US Migration, and More

December 1, 2021

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a highly consequential Mississippi case that could restrict or eliminate Roe v. Wade. Instead of focusing on subjective questions of ethics and morality, the Court will consider the causal effect of abortion on women’s lives. Caitlin Knowles Myers and Morgan Welch outline what the research reveals.

From poverty to climate change, the world appears to be stuck on how to address the biggest issues of our time. On “17 Rooms,” a new podcast from the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development and The Rockefeller Foundation, hosts John McArthur and Zia Khan speak with thought leaders and practitioners as they work to drive progress on the 17 sustainable development goals established by the United Nations.

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been numerous headlines about migration out of cities, college towns, and other places. However, data from the Census Bureau tells a different story, one of stagnant movement in America. Demographer William Frey examines the numbers and explains what might come next.

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