Commentary and analysis

Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill?

April 13, 2016

The New York Times | By Elizabeth Hinton (Harvard), and Julilly Kohnler-Hausmann (Cornell), and Vesla M. Weaver (Ph.D. '07, Associate Professor, Yale University). The 1994 crime bill was the result of "a process of selectively hearing black voices on the question of crime."

Anger Management and Gun Control? New Ways to Reduce Violence in Latin America

March 29, 2016

Americas Quarterly | By Viridiana Rios (Ph.D.'13), currently a Global Fellow at The Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. A small number of criminals and gang leaders have the power to control violence. Latin America should focus on shaping their behavior, Rios argues.

Hillary and Bernie, Tax Fantasists

March 28, 2016

Wall Street Journal | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), Walter B. Wriston Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Soak-the-rich proposals ignore history and wouldn't raise nearly enough to fund big spending plans, Winship argues.

BRA Report Finds Boston's Booming Economy Leaving Many Residents Behind

March 15, 2016

WBUR Radio Boston | Matthew Resseger (Ph.D. '14), Senior Economist with the Boston Redevelopment Authority, guests. The Boston Redevelopment Authority has just issued a new report, "Boston's Workforce: An Assessment of Labor Market Outcomes and Opportunities," with new data on the city's deep income inequality (View the report).

Trumpism: Is culture or the economy behind the rise of Donald Trump?

March 15, 2016

National Review | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), Walter B. Wriston fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Winship argues there is little evidence that economic anxiety explains the rise of Trump. Rather, Winship suggests, "Trumpism is being driven primarily by cultural anxiety — by dissatisfaction with cultural change and perceived cultural decline. "

How Housing Vouchers Can Fight Residential Segregation

March 15, 2016

The Nation | By Eva Rosen (Ph.D '14), a postdoctoral fellow in the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Rosen argues that housing vouchers offer a chance to remedy longstanding inequalities—but are not yet fully equipped to do so. This article originally appeared at TalkPoverty.org. Rosen is currently working on a book about housing vouchers in Baltimore.

What Trump Supporters Were Doing Before Trump

March 14, 2016

FiveThirtyEight | By Dan Hopkins (Ph.D. '07), University of Pennsylvania. Is Trump's rise a one-off or the opening act in a broader shift in American politics? Hopkins examines new data, which suggest that "one key ingredient of a political realignment—a split within one party on a durable, straightforward set of issues — is now in place."

Trump and the Republicans

March 11, 2016

n+1 magazine | By Daniel Schlozman (Ph.D. '11), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University. Trumpism will not end with Trump. Nor will movement conservatism or organized wealth simply give way. The convulsions on the right have only just begun, predicts Schlozman.

Trumpism as a Transatlantic Phenomenon

March 8, 2016

The American Prospect | By Charlotte Cavaillé (Ph.D. '14), Noam Gidron (Ph.D. candidate in Government), and Peter A. Hall (Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies). Cavaillé is presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. She joins the Georgetown University faculty in July.