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Breaking the Cycle of Compounded Adversity in the Lives of Institutionalized Youth

December 19, 2016

JAMA Pediatrics | Editorial by Robert J. Sampson, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences. "At the very least, we should redesign the juvenile system so that it does not exacerbate existing inequalities," writes Sampson.



Boston on the Rebound

September 23, 2015

Harvard Kennedy School |Interview with Edward Glaeser: "America as a whole has done terribly at providing good jobs for people with less education. To me, reversing this long run trend may be the most pressing economic issue facing America today."



Bonus: Jump on the Bandwagon

June 21, 2016

No Jargon [Podcast—Ep. 38] | Harvard economist Richard Freeman and Joseph Blasi and Douglas Kruse of Rutgers University stay post-interview to discuss why trade unions, business schools, and foundations should get on board with employee ownership and profit sharing programs. Subscribe  in iTunes, or listen to individual episodes at the SSN website.



Black Men and the Struggle for Work

January 13, 2015

Education Next | By James M. Quane, William Julius Wilson, and Jackelyn Hwang (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy).



Black economics medalist on 'acting white': 'I didn't want to be singled out as anything'

April 30, 2015

Washington Post | Interview with Roland Fryer (See also: accompanying article)



Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise

November 15, 2016

PBS | Historian Leah Wright Rigueur of the Harvard Kennedy School is among those featured in this four-part documentary written and hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Watch Tuesday, November 15 and 22 at 8 pm on PBS. (If you miss the premiere, watch videos online)



Billionaire Ideologues, Unruly Voters, and the Future of the Republican Party

February 3, 2016

Dissent | By Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, on Jane Mayer's Dark Money—and what it misses about today's political right.



Best of 2016: Part 1

December 23, 2016

TalkPoverty Radio | TalkPoverty Radio revisits some of its favorite interviews from 2016, beginning with Matthew Desmond, "whose 2016 book Evicted brings to center stage how eviction is both a cause and a consequence of poverty." Desmond is John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard.



Bernie Sanders Post-Nevada, and the Problem of Hubris

May 27, 2016

WBUR Cognoscenti | By Nancy L. Rosenbaum and Jane Mansbridge: "Sanders is facing a test of character. He can continue to try to ride the whirlwind, or he can come down to earth and take on the messy business of compromise." Rosenblum is the Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government in Harvard's Department of Government; Mansbridge is the Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values at Harvard Kennedy School.



Behind the Rise in Mass Incarceration

October 2, 2015

The New York Times | By Jeremy Travis (John Jay College of Criminal Justice) and Bruce Western. Letter to the Editor in response to David Brooks's Sep 29 column, "The Prison Problem."

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