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    Why Don't You Just Call the Cops?

    Why Don't You Just Call the Cops?

    September 30, 2016

    The New York Times | By Matthew Desmond (Harvard University) and Andrew V. Papachristos (Yale University). The lasting effects of police violence.

    Why Diversity Programs Fail

    Why Diversity Programs Fail

    June 21, 2016

    Harvard Business Review | By Frank Dobbin (Professor of Sociology) and Alexandra Kalev (Tel Aviv University). "Companies are basically doubling down on the same approaches they’ve used since the 1960s—which often make things worse, not better," the authors argue. "The very good news is that we know what does work—we just need to do more of it."

    Why Democrats Must Embrace a Universal Child Allowance

    Why Democrats Must Embrace a Universal Child Allowance

    March 21, 2016

    The New Republic | Quotes Christopher Wimer (Ph.D. '07), co-author of a new study issued by The Century Foundation showing that such a policy could cut child poverty in half. Wimer is Co-Director of the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at the Columbia University Population Research Center. The Century Foundation report, "Doing More for Our Children," is co-authored by Irwin Garfinkel, David Harris, and Jane Waldfogel, all of Columbia University.

    Danielle Allen

    Why Coronavirus Is an ‘Existential Crisis’ for American Democracy

    July 1, 2020

    Politico | Q & A with Danielle Allen,  James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. This moment is nothing less than an “existential crisis” that will reshape American society, says Danielle Allen, head of Harvard’s Safra Center for Ethics and co-author of the university’s Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience. “It is a moment where societies are forced to answer the question of who they are. And I think [the U.S.] didn’t answer that question terribly well.”

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