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Dissecting racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system

September 10, 2020

Harvard Gazette | Interview with Stone PhD Scholar Felix Owusu, a PhD candidate in Public Policy and author of a new report by the Criminal Justice Policy Program (CJPP) at Harvard Law School. The report shows that Black and Latinx people are overrepresented in Massachusetts’ criminal justice system and receive longer sentences than their white counterparts when convicted.

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DACA has changed lives – and the country – for the better. It must be preserved

November 12, 2019

The Guardian | By Roberto G. Gonzales and Kristina Brant. As the supreme court considers Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, our research shows multiple benefits for individuals, families and communities.

Roberto Gonzales is professor of education at Harvard University and author of Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America. Kristina Brant is a PhD candidate in Sociology and an Inequality & Social Policy doctoral fellow. Learn more about the report, co-authored with Sayil Camacho and Carlos Aguilar:

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Cops Who Let Their Unarmed Victims Die Should Be Punished, Too

April 14, 2015

The New Republic | By Nathan J. Robinson, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and Social Policy



Choose your own election post-mortem: Part 2

November 16, 2016

Brookings Institution | By Vanessa Williamson (Ph.D. '15) and Carly Knight, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology. Williamson is now a fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings.



Choose your own election post-mortem: Part 1

November 16, 2016

Brookings Institution | By Vanessa Williamson(Ph.D. '15) and Carly Knight, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology. Williamson is now a fellow in Governance Studies at Brookings.... Read more about Choose your own election post-mortem: Part 1



Chasing Electoral Ghosts: We looked at 130 million ballots from the 2012 election and found practically zero evidence of fraud.

November 7, 2016

Slate | By Sharad Goel (Stanford), Marc Meredith (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Morse (Ph.D. candidate in Government, J.D. candidate at Yale Law School), David Rothschild (Microsoft Research), and Houshmand Shirani-Mehr (Stanford).
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Changing housing is not the same as changing neighborhoods

April 28, 2016

Urban Institute | By Steven Brown, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology and an affiliated scholar with the Urban Institute.



Can the International Community Save the Rohingya?

November 26, 2019

The Globe Post | By Cresa Pugh, PhD candidate in Sociology and Social Policy. Her research interests include the social legacies of imperialism, ethnic and religious conflict in Southeast Asia, and the role of collective memory and identity in shaping peacebuilding efforts in post-conflict societies.



Can States Take Over and Turn Around School Districts?

January 28, 2016

Harvard EdCast [audio: 10:33 min] | David Deming (Ph.D. '10 and faculty) and Beth Schueler (Ed.D. candidate) reflect on lessons learned from the state's successful school takeover in Lawrence, MA. Read the research by Beth Schueler, Joshua S. Goodman (HKS faculty), and David Deming in their just released NBER Working Paper.



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.

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