Social Issues

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Podcast Episode

A plan for marijuana policy reform

John Hudak and Fred Dews

Friday, July 23, 2021

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Jul

Upcoming Event

Improving labor and education data systems after the COVID-19 unemployment crisis

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

Online only

Income Inequality & Social Mobility

Why local leaders in Mobile, Alabama must address racial equity in the manufacturing sector

Andre M. Perry, Carl Romer, and Anthony Barr

Friday, July 16, 2021

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How We Rise

Energizing Navajo Nation: How electrification can secure a sustainable future for Indian Country

Heather Tanana and Warigia Bowman

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Reports

Essay

The emerging solidarity economy: A primer on community ownership of real estate

Tracy Hadden Loh and Hanna Love

Monday, July 19, 2021

Crime & Criminal Justice

Reversing the War on Drugs: A five-point plan

John Hudak

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Higher Education

To restore North Nashville’s Black middle class, local policymakers should pursue reparations

Andre M. Perry and Anthony Barr

Friday, July 2, 2021

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Public Health

How the American Rescue Plan Act will help cities replace police with trained crisis teams for mental health emergencies

Stuart M. Butler and Nehath Sheriff

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Infrastructure

The American Rescue Plan is the broadband down payment the country needs

Adie Tomer and Caroline George

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Blog Posts

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How We Rise

Build race equity into rezoning decisions

Lance Freeman

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The Avenue

The Black and brown activists who started Pride

Kristen Broady and Carl Romer

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. June 25, 2021 in a still image from video. Pool via REUTERS

How We Rise

How to ensure officers like Derek Chauvin do not work in law enforcement

Rashawn Ray

Friday, June 25, 2021

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Related Books

The Intersector

Edited by Daniel P. Gitterman and Neil Britto

2021

Marijuana

By John Hudak

2020

Marijuana Federalism

Edited by Jonathan H. Adler

2020

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Experts

Rashawn Ray

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Governance Studies

@SociologistRay

Andre M. Perry

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

@andreperryedu

John Hudak

Deputy Director - Center for Effective Public Management

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Dr. Carol Graham, Fellow at Brookings Institution (on happiness)

Carol Graham

McKay Interview - on World Radio Switzerland

Friday, July 9, 2021

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Podcast Episode

Race and social justice in the 2020 presidential election

Rashawn Ray and Fred Dews

Friday, October 30, 2020

A group of children sit on a couch in a replica set from the "Seinfeld" television comedy series as they tour Hulu's "Seinfeld: The Apartment", a temporary exhibit on West 14th street in the Manhattan borough of New York City, June 24, 2015. Created to celebrate the launch of all of the episodes of the "Seinfeld" television comedy series available streaming on Hulu beginning June 24, the exhibit contains a replica version of the Upper West Side NewYork City apartment set from the series, original items and interactive elements and is open to the public through June 28. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Podcast Episode

How cultural factors shape children’s social and economic outcomes

Ron Haskins, Melissa S. Kearney, and Fred Dews

Friday, July 24, 2020

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Reports

What role should the SEC play in ESG investing?

AAPI Heritage Month: Safeguarding Asian American inclusion and belonging

Canceled – How hate and harassment in online gaming influence civic life

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

Deputy Director - Center for Effective Public Management

Senior Fellow - Governance Studies