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Reducing your risk of cognitive disease: A $12M research study, 60 years in the making

In the early 1960s, a Wisconsin research team set out to learn how students that matriculated were performing and what might predict their future occupational success. With time,…

December 6, 2021

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2022 election cycle preview: Policies that will drive outcomes in the midterm elections

It seems almost certain that the midterms will continue to be a referendum on US institutions — born from a distrust that Mo Elleithee , executive director of the Institute of…

November 22, 2021

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Transforming taxes

As a graduate student, Manoli spent his free time doing what most Americans dread: filling out income tax forms. He became a volunteer income tax preparer in San Francisco as…

November 8, 2021

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Working backwards to move civil justice forward

A few months ago, Professor Amy O’Hara, a research professor at the Massive Data Institute at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, was feeling a…

September 28, 2021

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How magnet schools are closing the racial gap in school discipline

There has been a sharp focus on the Achievement Gap for almost 20 years. Thanks in part to the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a vast amount of data has been…

September 22, 2021

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The Fair Elections program is reshaping the campaign finance system in DC, increasing candidate and new donor participation

Established by the passage of the Fair Elections Act in 2018, the Fair Elections program aims to transform the way political campaigns are financed in Washington, DC, by…

September 19, 2021

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New research shows compelling disparity in critical care resources in the year preceding the COVID-19 pandemic

Post-acute care, or the ongoing health care one receives after leaving a hospital, is largely unknown to many patients and their families. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

September 10, 2021

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The results are in: How DC’s innovative flexible rent subsidy program is decreasing the need for homelessness support programs

In 2017, the Washington DC City Council used local funds to establish a pilot program, the DC Flexible Rent Subsidy Program (DC Flex), a new and innovative housing subsidy which…

September 9, 2021

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The role of debt in job displacement: the worker’s perspective

Despite economic growth since the Great Recession, long-term unemployment continues to linger at historically high levels. Given the inextricable link of the economic downturn to…

August 30, 2021

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Expanding Medicaid Would Help Close Coverage Gap for Latino Children and Parents

July 2, 2021