Whether it was James Madison’s constitutional legacy, an inside look at the Nixon presidency, or a 2012 email from Donald Trump, take a look back at a few moments throughout history when Brookings experts and their research have intersected with America’s presidents.
Jay Shambaugh, Ryan Nunn, and Stacy Anderson discuss how a history of racially discriminatory policies and practices in the United States has led to the concentration of African-Americans in the South and urban Midwest, limited their upward mobility, and reinforced inequalities between regions.
“Deepfakes”—videos constructed with artificial intelligence to make someone appear to have done or said something they never did or do—scramble our understanding of reality. John Villasenor examines how legal remedies, improved public awareness, and even AI technology itself can address this emerging threat.
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