The untold story of Chinese restaurants in America
2015 research brief highlighting the dynamic interaction between exclusionary legal policies and immigrants’ adaptive strategies, by Heather R. Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
2015 research brief highlighting the dynamic interaction between exclusionary legal policies and immigrants’ adaptive strategies, by Heather R. Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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2015 research brief on the impact of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, by Jaein Josefina Lee, Carolina Valdivia Ordorica and Kristina Brant of Harvard University.
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2015 report from the United Nations providing the latest information on discrimination and violence toward gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons globally.
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2015 study in the American Journal of Political Science showing how access to meetings with congressional offices may be aided by a history of prior campaign donations.
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2015 research brief on the disconnect between the complexities that Congress is asked to understand and the resources they have, by James M. Curry of the University of Utah and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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2015 study published in Science showing that Facebook’s News Feed algorithm has a limited effect on the kinds of political posts users view and consume.
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2015 roundup of studies that can inform broader coverage of the presidential election cycle, with a focus on under-covered issues and themes.
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2015 assessment of the state of research on bikeshare programs, with insight into user demographics, system growth, mode shift, and health and safety.
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2014 and 2009 studies from U.C. Riverside, Yale and the Harvard Kennedy School on the relative merits of policies to encourage efficient use of scarce water resources.
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2015 research brief on the nature of civic undertakings such as housing advocacy and youth service networks, by Paul Lichterman of the University of Southern California and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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