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Labor Day Scholar Spotlight: Erik Loomis

We're celebrating Labor Day this week by highlighting Erik Loomis, a labor scholar at University of Rhode Island. Erik published an Op Ed in the New...
DACA

Scholar Spotlight: Tom K. Wong

This week, we highlight Tom K. Wong, who worked with civic organizations UnitedWeDream, Center for American Progress, and the National Immigration Law...
unions

Scholar Spotlight: Dorian Warren

This week's spotlight shines on Dorian Warren, who was recently selected as the president of the Center for Community Change (CCC). Dorian's extensive...
education

Scholar Spotlight: Anita Larson

This week, we are spotlighting another new member to the SSN team, Anita Larson. Anita applies her knowledge of the public sector to study and develop...
Voting

Scholar Spotlight: Kay Lehman Schlozman and Samara Klar

Our Scholar Spotlight features not one, but two scholars who won awards this week from the American Political Science Association’s section on...
Teachers

Scholar Spotlight: David Blatt

This week's Scholar Spotlight highlights David Blatt, who analyzed the recent primary elections in Oklahoma, where dozens of teachers won after...
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Countdown to 1000: Scholar #997

To count down to the 1,000th scholar in the Scholars Strategy Network, we’re featuring ten scholars who are committed to using their research to...
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SSN’s 500th Member Focuses on the Roots of U.S. Urban Unrest

What do the continuing protests in Ferguson, Missouri have in common with the 1960s uprisings in many U.S. cities? Howard looks to history to explore...
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Philanthropy in a Time of Polarization

Foundations have tried to remain above the partisan fray, but growing political polarization renders old approaches ineffective. As SSN member Steven...