From income inequality to climate change, the world is facing a wide range of challenges. On a new episode of the Brookings Cafeteria podcast, Maysa Jalbout discusses some of the ways that universities are stepping up to address them.

Even as the U.S. economy hums along at a favorable pace, low wages are leaving many workers and their families vulnerable. Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman discuss the scale of the issue and highlight ways to promote economic security in America.

"The last thing we can afford at a time of tense nuclear negotiations with North Korea...is an unnecessary crisis between Seoul and Washington," Michael O'Hanlon argues.