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Feature: The Impact of State Paid Sick Leave Laws on Service Workers

Daniel Schneider finds that state paid sick leave laws increased service workers’ access to paid sick leave and reduced the share of service workers who worked while sick.

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Feature: Connecting Absolute and Relative Intergenerational Mobility

Deirdre Bloome offers two frameworks for understanding the relationship between types of intergenerational mobility, or whether people are socioeconomically better off than their parents.

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Feature: Studying a Government Program to Support Women’s Self-Help Groups

Michael Walton explores the interactions between state and society in rural India within a major community-based development program, finding two major tensions.

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Feature: The Data-Informed City

Jorrit de Jong presents a comprehensive framework for how cities can use data to address problems more effectively, efficiently, equitably, and with better accountability.

Harvard Kennedy School faculty disseminate their research in working publications and papers that contribute to public knowledge and fuel policy innovation. This list features recent faculty publications, including journal articles, books, edited volumes, research papers, and public testimony.

Faculty Publications

Two Things Facebook Still Needs to do to Reduce the Spread of Misinformation

Power, Samantha. "Two Things Facebook Still Needs to do to Reduce the Spread of Misinformation." Washington Post, October 23, 2020.

'Find the People Who Actually Want to Do Things.' Samantha Power Remembers the Wise Words of Jean Kennedy Smith

Power, Samantha. "'Find the People Who Actually Want to Do Things.' Samantha Power Remembers the Wise Words of Jean Kennedy Smith." Time, June 25, 2020.

This Won't End for Anyone Until it Ends for Everyone

Power, Samantha. "This Won't End for Anyone Until it Ends for Everyone." New York Times, April 7, 2020.

US Diplomacy: Realism and Reality

Power, Samantha. "US Diplomacy: Realism and Reality." New York Review of Books, August 18, 2016.

For Terrorists, a War on Aid Groups

Power, Samantha. "For Terrorists, a War on Aid Groups." New York Times, August 19, 2008.

Technology's Power to Narrow our View

Power, Samantha. "Technology's Power to Narrow our View." Time, May 22, 2008.

Keeping Canada in Afghanistan

Power, Samantha. "Keeping Canada in Afghanistan." Time, April 17, 2008.

How to Stop Genocide in Iraq.

Power, Samantha. "How to Stop Genocide in Iraq." Los Angeles Times, March 5, 2007.

Quizzing Robert Gates.

Power, Samantha. "Quizzing Robert Gates." New York Times, December 4, 2006.

Punishing Evildoers.

Power, Samantha. "Punishing Evildoers." Washington Post, April 23, 2006.

Democrats: Get Loud, Get Angry!

Abramowitz, Morton, and Samantha Power. ""Democrats: Get Loud, Get Angry!"." Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2006.

Court of First Resort.

Power, Samantha. "Court of First Resort." New York Times, February 10, 2005.

A Broken System

Abramowitz, Morton, and Samantha Power. "A Broken System." Washington Post, September 13, 2004.

Break Through to Darfur: Combine Leverage, Internationalism and Aid to Stop the Killing in Sudan.

Power, Samantha, and John Prendergast. ""Break Through to Darfur: Combine Leverage, Internationalism and Aid to Stop the Killing in Sudan."." Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2004.

Remember Rwanda, but Take Action in Sudan.

Power, Samantha. "Remember Rwanda, but Take Action in Sudan." New York Times, April 6, 2004.

Remember the Blood Frenzy of Rwanda.

Power, Samantha. "Remember the Blood Frenzy of Rwanda." Los Angeles Times, April 4, 2004.

The Armenian Genocide

Power, Samantha. "The Armenian Genocide." New York Times, January 24, 2004.

War Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry.

Power, Samantha. "War Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry." New York Times, December 14, 2003.

The ICC Can Serve the US

Power, Samantha. "The ICC Can Serve the US." Wall Street Journal Europe, July 11, 2002.

Bystanders to Mass Murder.

Power, Samantha. "Bystanders to Mass Murder." Washington Post, April 21, 2002.

A Search for Truth and Justice

Power, Samantha. "A Search for Truth and Justice." Irish Times, March 23, 2002.

Kerrey Should be Investigated

Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah, and Samantha Power. "Kerrey Should be Investigated." Boston Globe, May 3, 2001.

Barely Trying

Power, Samantha. "Barely Trying." New Republic, May 8, 2000.

Mute Justice

Power, Samantha. "Mute Justice." New Republic, April 17, 2000.

Who Knew?

Power, Samantha. "Who Knew?" New Republic, April 26, 1999.

The Real Meaning of Genocide

Power, Samantha. "The Real Meaning of Genocide." Boston Globe, September 14, 1998.

Life After Death

Power, Samantha. "Life After Death." New Republic, April 6, 1998.

Croatia's Threat to Peace

Power, Samantha. "Croatia's Threat to Peace." New York Times, July 18, 1996.

Bulldozer Tracks, Soil and Bones

Power, Samantha. "Bulldozer Tracks, Soil and Bones." Washington Post, November 3, 1995.