Policy Brief
Scholars reviews the evidence on a specific area of public policy.
Why Law Enforcement Needs to Classify Far-right Groups as Gangs
Photo of members of the Proud Boys group in DC by Geoff Livingston (Source: Flickr, CC). On … Read MoreThe coming vaccine battle
Photo by Hakan Nural on Unsplash. The past several months have provided a peek into a future where a … Read MoreBattling for Native American Lands
Photo by Nik Shuliahin (Source: Unsplash) Congress must enact legislation to “fix” the 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri … Read MorePolice Officers Need Liability Insurance
A series of high-profile shootings have sparked a national debate regarding the deadly use of force by police officers and their relationships with the citizens … Read MoreStemming the Exploitation of Immigrant Farm Labor
Andrew R. Smolski on leveraging labor and immigration policy to protect H-2A farm workers and provide a path to citizenship. Read MoreCan Sociology Help Democracy Assistance Programs?
Programs that encourage democracy in foreign countries have become controversial, in part because of problems in how they have been implemented. Sociological research has the … Read MoreEradicating Wealth Inequality Includes Achieving Equal Pay: Sources
The sources for the Winter 2019 policy brief are as follows: Congress should pass the Paycheck Fairness Act to update and strengthen the … Read MoreRisk and Race in Measuring Special Education Need
In 1968, special education scholar Lloyd Dunn argued that African American and other racial or ethnic minority group students were overrepresented in the U.S. special … Read MoreRepeal FOSTA and Decriminalize Sex Work
Repealing FOSTA will promote the wellbeing and safety of sex workers.In 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law Fight Online Sex Trafficking … Read MoreTobacco 21
Although smoking rates have declined significantly in the United States over the past several decades, the Office of the Surgeon General noted in a 2014 … Read More