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Why America is Polarized

October 13, 2013

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



Why American Teens Aren't Working Summer Jobs Anymore

August 7, 2015

Bloomberg Business | Alicia Sasser Modestino (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 Angus Deaton Deserved the Nobel Prize

October 12, 2015

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



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 Are Black Americans at Greater Risk of Being Poor?

August 10, 2015

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



Why are debt collections so prevalent in black and Latino neighborhoods?

July 25, 2016

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



Why Are Fewer Adults Surpassing Their Parents’ Incomes?

December 9, 2016

FREOPP | By Scott Winship (Ph.D. '09), Visiting Fellow, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity. Winship digs into new Chetty et. al. paper released yesterday, "The Fading American Dream: Trends in Absolute Income Mobility Since 1940."



Why are so many people in U.S. prisons? Key findings from the National Research Council

July 22, 2015

Journalist's Resource | Bruce Western



Why aren't we moving as much for work?

April 14, 2017

Marketplace | Daniel Shoag (PhD'11), Associate Professor at Harvard Kennedy School, sees reasons to worry about declining geographical mobility, driven in part by higher housing costs in high-growth areas, which limit opportunity for low-income Americans and increase inequality.

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