The new CID Voices podcast from the Harvard Center for International Development is bringing together a constellation of leaders who are…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915's The Birth of a Nation,…
This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915’s The Birth of a Nation…
How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This article documents the large, racially disparate effects…
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each
year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We…
What are the consequences of women dying in combat? We study how women fighting on the frontlines of the military affects public attitudes…
Nearly a thousand officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This paper documents the large, racially-disparate…
One of the core tasks of a well-functioning state is providing fair and adequate criminal justice. Recent events have raised concerns that…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…