Brookings is a center-right neoliberal think tank, aligned with the currently-dominant faction of the Democratic Party. It is economically conservative, but usually not known for being socially conservative. Indeed, the direct conclusion presented by the piece is more in line with liberal (even progressive) than conservative social thought, invoking intersectionality fairly explicitly.
Not really: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brookings_Institution
When a left-leaning institution publishes findings that broadly align with the left, do you also dismiss them?