Six Policy Takeaways from the First Democratic Presidential Debate
By Rob Moore 10/14/2015 Much of the coverage of the first Democratic Party presidential debate of the 2016 election season has focused on its congeniality and Bernie […]
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Recent Alabama DMV Closures Threaten Democracy, Reinforce Negative Image
By Rob Moore 10/9/2015 Last June, in the wake of the Charleston white supremacist massacre, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley brought down the four confederate flags that flew around […]
“Our Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough”: Congress Must Enact Commonsense Gun Control Legislation
By Rob Moore 10/1/2015 Earlier today, another school shooting happened, this time at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College. Ten are dead, twenty are wounded. Circumstances of the […]
The Class Size Debate: What the Evidence Means for Education Policy
By Darian Woods “The days in which lawmakers support schools that are somehow good enough for someone else’s children, but not for their own – those […]
Policy and the Second Republican Presidential Debate
By Andrew Herrmann 9/20/2015 While the Republican candidates spent most of the 2nd Presidential debate discussing each other’s negotiation skills, business acumen, and affirming that […]
Bringing down healthcare costs: How can society promote affordability in the healthcare system?
By Hewett Chiu Mr. and Mrs. Garcia walked into a local community clinic. Mr. Garcia has had trouble breathing for quite a while now, but he […]
One Giant Graveyard: Understanding Murder and the War on Drugs in Mexico, 2006–2013
By Ignacio Camacho “I wish you had no narco-trafficking, but it’s not really your fault. Basically, we did too good of a job of taking […]
Local Food Procurement in Times of Crisis
by Sasha Feldstein The most recent Farm Bill, officially known as the Agricultural Act of 2014, was probably most widely associated with an $8.6 billion cut […]
Confronting the Past: Understanding El Salvador's Child Migration Crisis
by Katya Rodriguez As a first generation Salvadoran-American, I have always been interested in understanding why my grandmother decided to send her two teenage daughters […]
Sleep is Healthy: A Simple, Old Idea with Big Consequences
By Alison Chopel Introduction When we think of a healthy lifestyle, the first things that come to mind are diet and exercise. Sleep is the […]
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