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Economists Letter Helped Push for New Jersey Millionaires Tax

We are excited to share recent news of how SSN is connecting researchers with policy. As states manage the economic impact of COVID-19, many have...
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Forum on San Diego's Future: San Diego SSN Members Share their Recommendations

Eight members of San Diego SSN wrote the memos to provide research-based resources on issues being discussed by candidates for city and county office...
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How Election Reforms Spread

To improve American governance, an increasing number of civic leaders, philanthropists, and organizations have come to support ranked choice voting...
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The Myth of Millionaire Tax Flight: A Public Talk with Cristobal Young

The economy is growing. Many are doing well. So why is it so difficult to get government to invest in things that could make communities stronger? Why...
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No Jargon Episode 81: On Tyranny

In the 1900s, dictators rose to power across Europe as democracies fell to fascists and communists. On a recent episode of No Jargon, Snyder argues...
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Announcing SSN’s Policy Engagement Workshop

With support from the William T. Grant Foundation, the Scholars Strategy Network is launching a new Policy Engagement Workshop to offer researchers...
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SSN in the Trump GOP Era

President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress have set out to take national debates and policy in abrupt new directions. Scholars have...
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SSN Scholars Report Findings on Paid Family Leave from Research Supported by the U.S. Department of Labor

The Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor supports research and analyses to inform the development and implementation of state-level programs...
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No Jargon Mini-Series on Why Candidates Fail to Represent U.S. Diversity

With the 2018 elections coming up, it makes sense to ask who runs for office and why. In this archive No Jargon mini-series, three SSN scholars...
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The Supreme Court after Scalia

The abrupt death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is sending shockwaves through U.S. politics and legal worlds. Writing for the media and cited...