September 2020, Paper: "Should choice be offered in social insurance programs? The paper presents a conceptual framework that identifies…
Detaining many to avoid the dangers posed by a few is not only inexcusably unjust, it actually increases the likelihood of the very dangers…
American policymakers have long focused on work as a key means to improve economic wellbeing. Yet, work has become increasingly precarious…
August 6, 2020, Paper: "Perhaps one of the most reaffirming findings to emerge over the past several decades is that humans not only engage…
Imagine a future in which family strengthening programs are so effective that the number of children impacted by abuse or neglect is one-…
The Bay Area is a place of opportunity, but also a place of incredible inequality and deprivation. In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was…
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This month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reconsecrated the Hagia Sophia — a UNESCO world heritage site and museum — as a house of…
The COVID-19 pandemic has made plain just how important the work of retail, grocery and food service workers is. Their jobs put them at…
June 25, 2020, Paper, "Governors and other policymakers can avoid a second wave of COVID-19 deaths, or turn it around if it starts, by re-…
Nearly a thousand officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This paper documents the large, racially-disparate…