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Mayor Walsh and Police Commissioner Evans Announce Additional Steps to Curb Gun Violence

September 9, 2015

City of Boston—Mayor's Office | Highlights findings of Anthony Braga (Rutgers) and David M. Hureau (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy) in their report, "The Sources of Boston Crime Guns."  This work is also the basis of their article, "Strong Gun Laws Are Not Enough: The Need for Improved Enforcement of Secondhand Gun Transfer Laws in Massachusetts," forthcoming in Preventative Medicine.



'Nudge' your way to better government management

September 17, 2015

FCW—The Lectern | Highlights study by Elizabeth Linos, Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy, in which a simple message intervention improved performance of minority applicants for jobs with the British police.



How the Right Trounced Liberals in the States

September 25, 2015

Democracy | By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) and Theda Skocpol



Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis

October 4, 2015

Awardee | Michael Hankinson, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy.... Read more about Michael Hankinson awarded TESS and JCHS grants to investigate political behavior and the housing affordability crisis



How Unions Boost Democratic Partcipation

September 16, 2015

The American Prospect | Cites research by James Feigenbaum, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, on impact of union membership on voting activity, and earlier estimates by Richard Freeman.



Taking Nothing for Granted

October 13, 2015

GSAS Bulletin | Anthony Jack, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, profiled: "How one GSAS student challenges assumptions about the undergraduate experience."



Employer Political Coercion: A Growing Threat

November 23, 2015

The American Prospect | By Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy. Appears in fall 2015 print edition. 




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 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►



Why men get all the credit when they work with women

November 13, 2015

Washington Post | Heather Sarsons (Ph.D. candidate in Economics) has found that female economists who co-author papers with men pay a significant penalty in their tenure prospects that their male counterparts do not.
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