Research and Commentary

Shame and Teen Pregnancy

March 18, 2013, Richard V. Reeves

In Reducing Teen Pregnancy, Shame Is Not a Four-Letter Word

March 15, 2013, Richard V. Reeves

Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

March 15, 2013, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Restoring Marriage Will Be Difficult

December 20, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Connecticut Shootings: Now is the Time for a Debate over Gun Control

December 14, 2012, Darrell M. West

Integration or Emancipation? (Muslime in Deutschland brauchen Emanzipation)

November 18, 2012, Jonathan Laurence

Breakthrough! Gay Marriage Is Now Mainstream

November 7, 2012, Jonathan Rauch

Aurora and the U.S. Obsession with Guns: Leadership Wanted to Fight Political Capture

July 23, 2012, Daniel Kaufmann

Improving The Lives Of Single Moms And Their Kids

June 12, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Twenty Years Later, It Turns Out Dan Quayle Was Right About Murphy Brown and Unmarried Moms

May 25, 2012, Isabel V. Sawhill

Getting Obesity Under Control: The Importance of a Systems Approach

May 8, 2012, Ross A. Hammond

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How Social Norms Change through Osmosis

March 26, 2012, Hakan Altinay

The Major Roadblock to Muslim Assimilation in Europe

August 18, 2011, Shadi Hamid

Disconnected Narratives Between the United States and Global Muslim Communities

August 2011, Ambassador Marc Ginsberg and Anne Hagood

What’s the Proper Response to the Killing of Osama bin Laden?

May 2, 2011, William A. Galston

Cultivating Conscience: How Good Laws Make Good People

December 2010, Lynn Stout

The Economic Costs of Obesity

September 14, 2010, Ross A. Hammond

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The Economic Impact of Obesity in the United States

September 14, 2010, Ross A. Hammond and Ruth Levine

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What Are the Social Benefits of Homeownership? Experimental Evidence for Low-Income Households

May 2010, Gary V. Engelhardt, Michael D. Eriksen, William G. Gale and Gregory B. Mills

Guns and Death from Massachusetts to Alabama: Misrule of Law?

February 17, 2010, Daniel Kaufmann

Encouraging Marriage Helps Everyone

November 5, 2009, Ron Haskins

Is the American Dream a Myth?

October 19, 2009, Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill

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Target Compliance: The Final Frontier of Policy Implementation

September 2009, R. Kent Weaver

Coupled Contagion Dynamics of Fear and Disease: Mathematical and Computational Explorations

December 2008, Derek Cummings, Joshua M. Epstein, Ross A. Hammond and Jon Parker

How The Real World Ended “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

August 2008, Peter W. Singer