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Why Are Black Americans at Greater Risk of Being Poor?

August 10, 2015

Newsweek | Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. '07)

Why Annual Statewide Testing is Critical to Judging School Quality

January 20, 2015

Brookings Institution—The Brown Center Chalkboard | By Matthew M. Chingos and Martin R. West (Faculty, Ph.D. '06)

Why Angus Deaton Deserved the Nobel Prize

October 12, 2015

The New York Times | By Justin Wolfers (Ph.D. '01)

Why Americans are proud to pay taxes

April 4, 2017

Brookings Institution | The Brookings Institution hosted an event marking the release of Read My Lips: Why Americans are Proud to Pay Taxes, by Vanessa Williamson (Ph.D. '15), a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. A panel of experts joined Williamson to discuss how Americans view their responsibility as taxpayers and what Americans’ attitudes about taxes can tell us about public opinions of government as a whole. With E.J. Dionne, Heather Boushey (Washington Center for Equitable Growth), and Frank Clemente (Americans for Fair Taxes). (Video: 90 minutes)

Why American Teens Aren't Working Summer Jobs Anymore

August 7, 2015

Bloomberg Business | Alicia Sasser Modestino (Ph.D. '01)

Why America is Polarized

October 13, 2013

CNN: Fareed Zakaria GPS
With guest Vanessa Williamson, Ph.D. candidate in Government and Social Policy.

Why African Americans don't trust the courts, and why it matters

February 11, 2016

The Marshall Project | By Sara Sternberg Greene (Ph.D. '14, now Associate Professor, Duke Law School): "My research suggests that the disparate treatment African Americans receive at the hands of the criminal justice system—or even the perception of disparity—may perpetuate inequality in ways that so far have been largely overlooked." How distrust of the criminal justice system spills over into the civil justice system...with often dire consequences for the poor.