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September 18, 2023
No Culture Wars, Please, We’re Academics
…versus unmarried mothers, even when the married and unmarried mothers are the same age and have the same levels of education.” From Charles Murray to Robert Putnam, Thomas Sowell to…
September 18, 2023
A Degree of Risk
…requires that Congress speak clearly before a department secretary can unilaterally alter large sections of the American economy,” said Chief Justice John Roberts in the majority opinion. Despite the defeat, Biden has doubled…
September 17, 2023
Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
…Joseph Price at BYU and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute. And when it comes to a school’s climate, research on family and education indicates that children from stable, intact, two-parent…
September 15, 2023
Cities and Severe Mental Illness: The Challenge in New York City and Los Angeles
…are grappling with similar problems. Agenda 10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Robert Doar, President, AEI 10:45 a.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Scott Auwarter, Assistant Executive Director, Bronxworks Pietro D’Ingillo, Clinical and Forensic…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
An unmistakable fault line is emerging between much of public education and many of those it serves, particularly parents, on transgender issues. Put bluntly, a strong majority of Americans—57 percent…
August 17, 2023
The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters
…and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute, as well as Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, indicates, for instance, that one of the top predictors of economic performance across…
August 14, 2023
Keep the Utah Family Miracle Going Strong
…Joseph Price at Brigham Young University and Robert Lerman at the Urban Institute, as well as Brad Wilcox at the University of Virginia, indicates that one of the top predictors…
August 13, 2023
The Bill to Repair NYCHA Projects Doubles—but Pols Won’t Fix the System
…massive “slum clearance” program, overseen by—who else?—urban planner Robert Moses. What do you think? Post a comment. It put the wrecking ball to many neighborhoods whose condition was not nearly as…
August 12, 2023
Why Ending Child Services Is the New Defund the Police
…begin with the idea that the child welfare system is grounded in racist desires to separate minority families. Dorothy Roberts, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a…
August 4, 2023
The Racial Wealth Gap: Myths and Realities
The racial wealth gap has become a central component of claims of systemic racism and one of the core justifications for reparations. The main focus has been on housing market…