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The Sources of Boston Crime Guns

August 28, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School: Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston | By Anthony A. Braga (Rutgers) and David M. Hureau (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy). This Policy Brief draws directly from the forthcoming article, Anthony A. Braga and David M. Hureau. 2015. “Strong Gun Laws Are Not Enough: The Need for Improved Enforcement of Secondhand Gun Transfer Laws in Massachusetts.” Preventative Medicine 79 (October) 37-42. ►



The Rise of the 1 Percent Negates Any Progress on the Racial Income Gap

March 12, 2018

Pacific Standard | Research by Robert Manduca, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, shows how the rise in income inequality in the top few percentiles of the distribution helps explain why, more than 50 years after the Civil Rights Act, black-white family income disparities in the U.S remain almost exactly the same as they were in 1968. The study, "Income Inequality and the Persistence of Racial Economic Disparities," is now out in Sociological Science.
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The Republican-big business alliance is fraying. Now what?

May 2, 2016

Vox | Features research by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy, and Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government & Social Policy, from their paper "Billionaires against Big Business: Growing Tensions in the Republican Party Coalition." 

Also cites Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson (Ph.D. '15, now a fellow at the Brookings Institution), The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism.



The Republican Party's 50-State Solution

January 13, 2016

The New York Times | Drawing on research by Inequality & Social Policy faculty member Theda Skocpol and doctoral fellow Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy), Thomas Edsall column analyzes how "sustained determination on the part of the conservative movement has paid off in an unprecedented realignment of power in state governments," which have proved to be more receptive to efforts by the Koch Brothers and conservative allies to protect business interests.



The Real Unemployment Insurance Fix No One Is Talking About

February 6, 2014

Talking Points Memo Cafe | By Alex Gould Werth and Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy)



The Physical Toll of High-Achievement Among Disadvantaged Teens

July 20, 2015

Huffington Post | Anthony A. Jack (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology) research on first-gen college experience noted. View this work ►

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The Long-Term Impact of DACA; Forging Futures Despite DACA's Uncertainty

November 7, 2019

Immigration Initiative at Harvard
Findings from the National UnDACAmented Research Project (NURP). By Roberto G. Gonzales, Sayil Camacho, Kristina Brant, and Carlos Aguilar. Roberto G. Gonzales is Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Kristina Brant is a PhD candidate in Sociology and an Inequality & Social Policy doctoral fellow.



The Kochs are retreating from national elections. Here's what we should learn.

May 17, 2016

Vox | Cites recent research by Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and of Sociology, and Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy, which has documented the real impact the Koch network is exerting in state-level politics and advocacy.



The inequality snowball effect

July 25, 2014

The Washington Post | Nathan Wilmers, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology



The First Gen Movement

April 22, 2015

American RadioWorks | Guests: Anthony Jack (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology), Ana Barros (Harvard College '16)

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