How to Kill the Death Penalty
Will the death penalty ever be abolished in America? Executions, and the states that carry them out, are in decline. Public support for the death penalty, though still high, has been falling.
Research
How Not to Pick Judges
ROCHESTER — RESEARCH has long shown that female judges vote differently from men on issues of sex discrimination, harassment and sentencing, while black judges vote differently from whites on issues i
Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989–2009
Which armed groups have perpetrated sexual violence in recent conflicts? This article presents patterns from the new Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC) dataset.
Medical Professional Liability Risk Among US Cardiologists
Background Medical professional liability (MPL) remains a significant burden for physicians, in general, and cardiologists, in particular, as recent research has shown that average MPL defense costs
Mind the Gap: Compositional, Cultural and Institutional Explanations for Numeracy Skills Disparities Between Adult Immigrants and Natives in Western Countries
This paper empirically tests diverse theoretical explanations for observed skills disparities between adult immigrants and non-immigrants.
Statistics on the Informal Economy: Definitions, Regional Estimates & Challenges
This publication serves as a companion to a publication jointly produced by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and WIEGO titled Women and Men in the Informal Economy: A Statistical Picture, 2
Elements of a 21st Century Movement for Excellence with Equity
This article asserts the necessity of a twenty-first century movement for achieving excellence with equity.
More Than Just Race, Being Black and Poor in the Inner City
The book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty & Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty & Race Research Action Council from 2006 to the present.
Not the Cesar Chavez I Knew
A new film about the labor leader reduces him to a caricature and ignores his true strengths as an organizer.
Informal Economy Monitoring Study Sector Report: Home-Based Workers
Home-based workers produce goods or services for the market from within or around their own homes: stitching garments and weaving textiles; producing craft products; processing and preparing food item
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