Brookings Institution
775 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20036
202-797-6000 http://www.brookings.edu
One of nation’s most trusted and influential think tanks, The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization that conducts high-quality, independent research and provides innovative, practical recommendations that advance three broad goals:
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Strengthen American democracy
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Foster the economic and social welfare and opportunity of all Americans
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Secure a more open, safe, prosperous and cooperative international system.
Work with Fall River
With MassINC, Brookings published “Reconnecting Massachusetts Gateway Cities: Lessons Learned and an Agenda for Renewal” in 2007 contributing to the creation of the Gateway Cities Project at UMass Dartmouth and MassINC’s Gateway Cities Innovation Institute (2012).
http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports/2007/02/regionsandstates-muro
Metropolitan Policy Program
The Metropolitan Policy Program’s Director, Bruce Katz, is the co-author of The Metropolitan Revolution: How Cities and Metros Are Fixing Our Broken Politics and Fragile Economy.
Article: Lessons from the Road: The Metropolitan Revolution 2014
E. J. Dionne
Fall River native E.J. Dionne, Jr. is a senior fellow at Brookings, a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, and university professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown University. A nationally known and respected commentator on politics, Dionne appears weekly on National Public Radio and regularly on MSNBC. He is a regular contributor to NBC’s Meet the Press. He has also appeared on News Hour with Jim Lehrer and other PBS programs.
