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Study: Four-year Colleges Better Bet for Graduation Chances

May 7, 2015

WABE (Atlanta NPR): A Closer Look | Interview with Joshua S. Goodman



The Real Problem with America's Inner Cities

May 9, 2015

New York Times | By Orlando Patterson.  Also refers to forthcoming book by Michael Javen Fortner (Ph.D. '10)



The Politics of Fear: What the British election says about how parties win elections in a climate of slow growth

May 10, 2015

Washington Post | By Peter A. Hall



Little Magazine, Big Ideas: The American Prospect at 25

May 12, 2015

The American Prospect | Links to some of its most influential articles in the past 25 years, including those by William Julius Wilson, Jane Mansbridge, Christopher Jencks, David Ellwood, Mary Jo Bane, Robert Putnam, and Theda Skocpol (in order of appearance). The complete spring 2015 anniversary issue, with "rolling back inequality" as its central theme, has also been made available (with email registration) as a free PDF download.



The trials and triumphs of the city: Edward Glaeser talks to Simon Jenkins

May 21, 2015

The Guardian | Edward Glaeser



Comeback Cities

May 21, 2015

Centre for Cities (London) | Edward Glaeser lecture and discussion with BBC Newsnight economics correspondent Duncan Weldon. Audio and slides available; event video coming soon.



What makes field organizers effective? Being like the people they want to persuade

May 21, 2015

Washington Post | Eitan Hersh (Yale) discusses study co-authored with Ryan Enos (Harvard).



Wells Report Distorts Workplace Realities

May 18, 2015

Boston Globe | By Theda Skocpol



Interview with Claudia Goldin

May 24, 2015

Econ Focus—Magazine of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | Claudia Goldin discusses women in the labor force, the "grand convergence", the human capital century, and her latest project, "Women Working Longer."



Whose Fault is Ferguson? The Roots of Our National Discord

May 18, 2015

Miller Center American Forum | Speaker: Orlando Patterson. Television broadcast: June 7th on many PBS stations (Note: Not carried in Boston-area). Audio and video will also be made available on the Miller Center website.

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