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Immigration is an important dimension in how we understand gentrification across U.S. Cities

November 3, 2015

LSE U.S. Centre | By Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D. '15, now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University).



The Closest Look Yet at Gentrification and Displacement

November 2, 2015

The Atlantic—CityLab | Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D.'15, now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University).



What is the Biggest Misconception About Racism?

October 28, 2015

The Atlantic [video, 3 minutes] | Bruce Western is among those interviewed in this video segment filmed earlier this year at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Also featured: Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, student activist Clifton Kinnie of Howard University, Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, and Tracey Meares of Yale Law School.



The Mystery of the Vanishing Pay Raise

October 31, 2015

The New York Times | Lawrence Katz comments on the significance and likely causes of labor's declining share of corporate income, at its lowest level since 1951.



The trick that could get Republicans behind redistribution

October 31, 2015

Salon | Piece by Sean McElwee of Demos cites new study by Theda Skocpol and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) on interest mobilization and party coalitions in U.S. tax politics. View original study►



Business at the Ballot Box

November 4, 2015

No Jargon [Podcast—Ep. 5] | Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy, discusses his research in this new Scholars Strategy Network podcast. No Jargon presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. Subscribe  in iTunes, or listen to individual episodes at the SSN website.



The Kochs, Americans for Prosperity, and the Right

October 28, 2015

No Jargon [Podcast—Ep. 1]| Theda Skocpol kicks off  a new weekly podcast series from the Scholars Strategy Network with a discussion of the Shifting Terrain project. No Jargon presents interviews with top university scholars on the politics, policy problems, and social issues facing the nation. "Powerful research, intriguing perspectives—and no jargon." Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or listen to individual episodes at the SSN website.



School testing a mixed bag, study says

October 30, 2015

Harvard Gazette | Examines new findings by David Deming (Faculty and Ph.D. '10), Sarah Cohodes (Ph.D. '15, now Columbia), Jennifer Jennings (NYU), and Christopher Jencks.



The left's painful—but necessary—conversation about crime & punishment

October 29, 2015

Salon | Explores new book by Michael Javen Fortner (Ph.D. '10), the controversy it has generated, and implications for contemporary criminal justice reform.



The Influence of Teaching

October 26, 2015

The Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University | By Ronald F. Ferguson, Sarah F. Phillips (Tripod Education Partners), Jacob F.S. Rowley (Tripod Education Partners), and Jocelyn W. Friedlander (AGI).

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