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July 13, 2023
The Test Isn’t the Problem
…only seven of 762 students in this fall’s incoming class are black, down from 11 in 2022 and eight in 2021. As the New York Times put it, “The annual numbers traditionally…
July 12, 2023
Employment in SNAP: Setting the Record Straight
…person at the time of the survey. When we expanded the definition of employment to working at any time in the past 12 months, the rate of households with a…
July 12, 2023
Rethinking the Impact of the Lockdowns
…needs .” And, unsurprisingly, Harigittai found that better-educated and wealthier individuals gained more and had a far easier time navigating and succeeding within this newly emphasized ecosystem. Hargittai’s work demonstrates the…
July 12, 2023
Could News Bloom in News Deserts?
…past several years. To stay in business, they have experimented with new approaches to staffing and funding. It may be time to expand the role of government or philanthropy in…
July 12, 2023
Local News and Social Capital
…such as the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have adapted and thrived, but local newspapers, some of which had operated for more than a century, have shut their newsrooms. Long reliant on…
July 12, 2023
New York Rent Control: Could the End be Near?
…Census report found that rent-regulated units have twice as many leaks, three times as many heating breakdowns, and three times as much mold. A third of them have “rodents” (almost…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…combined work if they wish to have one parent spend more time caring for the children. Consider a married couple with two children where, as above, one parent makes $20,000…
July 8, 2023
Why the End of Affirmative Action Is Good for Black Science Students
…that overall UC graduation rates improved among black and Hispanic kids. (Perhaps that’s why a much-discussed New York Times story from this past weekend looking at the use of “adversity scores”…
July 7, 2023
With Affirmative Action Gone, We Should Focus Admissions Policies on Poverty
…Antonin Scalia’s analysis of the “Lemon test” that used to govern religious freedom jurisprudence, race-conscious policies are like a character in a horror movie: no matter how many times courts (and voters)…
July 6, 2023
The End of Affirmative Action Calls for a Renewed Conservatism of Opportunity
…elite positions—many of them striving first-time college enrollees, hard-working grinders who overcame underperforming schools, or fresh-faced young adults playing by the rules and pursuing their American Dream. Those benefits flowed…