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Why Voter Turnout is So Low in the United States

October 17, 2019

Jacobin | An interview with Alexander Keyssar, Matthew W. Stirling, Jr Professor of History and Social Policy and the author of The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States.



Why We Don’t Value Flextime Enough

March 3, 2017

Wall Street Journal | By Ray Fisman (Boston University) and Michael Luca (Harvard Business School). Most American workers won’t trade less pay for a more flexible schedule, but they’re underestimating the role of free time in personal happiness, Fisman and Luca write. Among the research discussed in this article, a recent study by Alexandre Mas (Princeton University) and Amanda Pallais (Harvard Economics), "Valuing Alternative Work Arrangements."
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Will Maine share in health reform's success?

July 21, 2015

Bangor Daily News | By Theda Skocpol



Will Party Loyalty Trump Fears About Donald Trump for Black Republicans?

May 10, 2016

The Root | By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor of Public Policy.



William Barr thinks China is stealing American technology. Can the U.S. halt the exchange of knowledge?

February 20, 2020

Washington Post | By Peter A. Hall and Yeling Tan. U.S. companies — and the scientific community — could lose out in the long term, the authors argue. Peter Hall is Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies at Harvard. Yeling Tan is Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Oregon.



William Julius Wilson discusses “The Declining Significance of Race” on Voice of America’s Press Conference USA

July 2, 2015

Library of Congress | William Julius Wilson.  Listen to VOA interview ►

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Yes, signing those petitions makes a difference — even if they don’t change Trump’s mind

February 3, 2017

Washington Post | By Daniel Carpenter, Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and Director of the Social Sciences at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Learn more about his research project on The Petition and Republican Government:
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Young Black People Are Radically Reimagining What Political Activism Can Be

March 1, 2016

The New York Times | By Leah Wright Rigueur, Assistant Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. Part of a Room for Debate forum: "Making Black Voices Matter."



« L’objectif de mes recherches est d’améliorer la conception des politiques fiscales »

May 13, 2019

Le Monde | Stefanie Stantcheva, lauréate de l’édition 2019 du Prix du meilleur jeune économiste, explique les effets des réformes de l’impôt.



‘I Want to See You Here’: How to Make College a Better Bet for More People

February 27, 2020

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Anthony Abraham Jack (PhD 2016), Assistant Professor of Education at Harvard and the author of The Privileged Poor, joins a discussion with a campus leader, a public official, and a college counselor to explore how to lift more people's prospects. Read and watch excerpts from their conversation. Part of The Chronicle series, Broken Ladder, examining the role of education in social mobility.

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