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Penn Law reactions to SCOTUS EPA ruling on climate change
Penn Law reactions to SCOTUS EPA ruling on climate change
The Supreme Court announced its decision on West Virginia v. EPA, which limits the EPA’s authority to curb power plant emissions.
How price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
How price shocks in formative years scar consumption for life
Teens who experienced gas price shocks of the 1970s drive less in later years, according to experts at Wharton and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Course shows students how Washington really works
Course shows students how Washington really works
Penn and George Mason University students traveled to Washington, D.C. every Friday this spring for a class that gives the inside scoop on policymaking inside the Beltway.
Islands on the climate front line
Islands on the climate front line
Perry World House’s Global Shifts Colloquium looked at how islands can protect their people, build resilient communities, and safeguard their environment in the climate crisis.
Anti-LGBTQ measures
Anti-LGBTQ measures
Penn Law’s Tobias Wolff discusses the Florida “Don’t Say Gay” bill and a Texas directive on transgender children.
Belief in vaccination misinformation predicts attitudes toward vaccinating children
Belief in vaccination misinformation predicts attitudes toward vaccinating children
The survey data come from the fifth wave of the Annenberg Science Knowledge survey, a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults empaneled by the Annenberg Public Policy Center in April 2021 to track attitudes and behavior in the pandemic.
Who’s at greatest risk to encounter the criminal legal system in the U.S.?
Who’s at greatest risk to encounter the criminal legal system in the U.S.?
New work from Penn, Princeton, and Washington University in St. Louis finds that for young people of color, contact with the system begins early and is incredibly widespread.
Preparing, and paying for, climate change-induced disasters
Preparing, and paying for, climate change-induced disasters
In the wake of a series of unusual and devastating December tornadoes, Carolyn Kousky of the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center tells Penn Today about strategies for resilience and recovery.
Perry World House explores the end of asylum
Perry World House explores the end of asylum
In a Perry World House talk, political scientist Michael Jones-Correa of the School of Arts & Sciences discussed the end of asylum, “one of the most pressing issues of our time,” he said.
Looking at community policing in the Global South
Looking at community policing in the Global South
A collaborative study, co-authored by a group of researchers, including political scientists Dorothy Kronick and Guy Grossman of the School of Arts & Sciences, showed no significant positive effect associated with community policing across a range of countries
In the News
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philly’s return of masks gets both eyerolls and support from residents. Can health officials bridge this divide?
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center is featured in a story about Philadelphia’s impending return to mandatory masking in indoor public places.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Nearly 4 million U.S. children were pushed into poverty when the child tax credit expansion ended
Pilar Gonalons-Pons of the School of Arts & Sciences said the immediate impact of letting the child tax credit expire proves that “keeping children in poverty is a policy choice.” “When we use these tools, the damaging experience of poverty among children can be remedied. When we don’t, we allow it to continue,” she said.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
A pilot project to address the affordable housing crisis in Philly hits delays and opposition
Benjamin Keys of the Wharton School said a pilot program that uses a land trust model to create affordable housing units in Philadelphia could help residents. “I think of it as one more financing tool in the toolkit, and one that should absolutely be explored and tested,” he said.
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The New York Times
Cash aid to poor mothers increases brain activity in babies, study finds
Martha J. Farah of the School of Arts & Sciences commented on a study that found alleviating maternal poverty with cash assistance increased brain activity in babies. “It’s proof that just giving the families more money, even a modest amount of more money, leads to better brain development,” she said.
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The New York Times
How $1,000 a month in guaranteed income is helping NYC mothers
Amy Castro of the School of Social Policy & Practice said “time scarcity” keeps many poor families trapped in poverty. “If you’re struggling to make ends meet and you’re knitting together two or three part-time jobs,” she said, “you don’t have time to plan for the future or even to think.”
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The New York Times
Federal rental assistance is running out, with tenants still in need
Vincent Reina of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design spoke about the pandemic’s evolving effects on U.S. renters. “Historically, we have had a nonexistent housing safety net nationally. Then we suddenly have this allocation of resources, and we build this whole new infrastructure. Now it’s about to go away, and we have no idea if it will ever be rebuilt.”
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