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Why should we care about inequality?

May 21, 2015

2015 Social and Economic Policy Public Lecture, Univ of Wollongong | By Andrew Leigh MP, Australia (Ph.D. '04)

Why Surging Stocks May Not Mean the Economy Trusts Trump

November 18, 2016

The New York Times | By Sendhil Mullainathan, Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics."The early stock market reaction to Donald J. Trump’s election victory was overwhelmingly positive. But that doesn’t mean a Trump presidency will be good for the economy," writes Mullainathan.

Why the CBO Report Is a Blow to the GOP Health Plan

March 13, 2017

Bloomberg | Douglas Elmendorf, Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School and former director of the Congressional Budget Office, reacts to the CBO scorecard on the GOP health plan. [video: 6 minutes]

Why the establishment was blindsided by Donald Trump

October 28, 2016

Washington Post | By Danielle Allen, Professor of Government and Education. He has revealed the U.S. to be one nation living in two very different worlds, argues Allen, a political theorist and contributing columnist for the Post.

Why the G.O.P Can't Win Black Votes

August 4, 2016

The New York Times | By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. "With every news cycle focused on Donald J. Trump’s latest misstep, it’s easy to overlook the fact that his campaign has drawn record low support from African-Americans — and that this achievement, as it were, illuminates something worrisome within the Republican Party itself."

Why the Museum of African American History Is About More Than the Past

September 29, 2016

Moyers & company| By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor at Harvard Kennedy School.

Why the Republican Party Can't Win Over Black Voters

April 19, 2016

The New Republic | By Theodore R. Johnson and Leah Wright Rigueur (Assistant Professor, Harvard Kennedy School). "The very politics of exclusion that have delivered dozens of statehouses run counter to the message of inclusion necessary to win the White House," Johnson and Rigueur argue.

Why the Very Poor Have Become Poorer

May 19, 2016

The New York Review of Books
By Christopher Jencks, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy. Jencks digs into the data to review $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America by Kathryn J. Edin and H. Luke Shaefer. Jencks examines the evidence for how the poor and the poorest of the poor have fared since the late-1960s, concluding that since 1999 "inequality has risen even among the poor."