The Effects of Police Violence on Inner-City Students
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States.
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The Arab Spring at 10: Kings or People?
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one that seeks to replace the leaders who dominate the region, and
‘Without an Aadhaar card nothing could be done’: a mixed methods study of biometric identification and birth registration for children in Varanasi, India
Research on the global growth of digital identification programs has been largely silent on the implications for children and on birth registration.
Livestock plants and COVID-19 transmission
Policy responses to the COVID-19 outbreak must strike a balance between maintaining essential supply chains and limiting the spread of the virus.
Emerging Cities as Independent Engines of Growth: The Case of Buenos Aires
Is it possible for a state or a city to decouple its growth trajectory from that of its country? The answer to this question is not binary.
Threat, Emboldenment, or Both? The Effects of Political Power on Violent Hate Crimes
How do expressions of support or opposition by the U.S. federal government, influence violent hate crimes against specific racial and ethnic minorities?
Driving Turnout: The Effect of Car Ownership on Electoral Participation
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation.
Poverty and Shared Prosperity Report 2020: Reversals of Fortune
Previous Poverty and Shared Prosperity Reports have conveyed the difficult message that the world is not on track to meet the global goal of reducing extreme poverty to 3 percent by 2030.
Lynching and Local Justice: Legitimacy and Accountability in Weak States
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy?
‘Promised Land’ Review: A Short-Lived Consensus
David Stebenne’s “Promised Land: How the Rise of the Middle Class Transformed America, 1929-1968” invites us to remember those decades in which both the middle class and the Democratic Party were asce
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