Using Jail Data to Improve Public Safety and Reduce Incarceration
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Pretrial Justice
Using Jail Data to Improve Public Safety and Reduce Incarceration
Q&A
Policymakers Are Looking for Solutions: Q&A with Greg Newburn of the Niskanen Center
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Community Safety
Policymakers Are Looking for Solutions: Q&A with Greg Newburn of the Niskanen Center
Q&A
What to Watch in Public Finance, Higher Education, Infrastructure, Democracy, and Contraceptive Choice and Access for 2024
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Federal Tax Policy
What to Watch in Public Finance, Higher Education, Infrastructure, Democracy, and Contraceptive Choice and Access for 2024
Look Ahead
State Policy Win Snapshot: Texas and Connecticut Fight Anti-Competitive Hospital Practices
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Commercial Sector Prices
State Policy Win Snapshot: Texas and Connecticut Fight Anti-Competitive Hospital Practices
State Policy Win Snapshot
23 Stories of Transformative Policymaking from 2023
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Policing
23 Stories of Transformative Policymaking from 2023
Year in Review
Prisons
Learning from the First Step Act
Op-Ed
Funding strong, causal evidence on what works: Q&A with Jennifer Doleac
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Policing
Funding strong, causal evidence on what works: Q&A with Jennifer Doleac
Q&A
Program Integrity
Defining Program Integrity
Op-Ed
Higher Education Quality and Accountability
The Art Institute’s Sudden Collapse Should Shock Regulators Into Action
Op-Ed
Bail Reform
Republicans Should Unite in Support of Bail Reform
Op-Ed
My classmate dropped out of her dream school. Student success programs could have helped.
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Data in Higher Education
My classmate dropped out of her dream school. Student success programs could have helped.
First Person
Video: ‘We Can Lower Health Care Prices’
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Commercial Sector Prices
Video: ‘We Can Lower Health Care Prices’
Video Series: Health Care Prices
Data in Higher Education
Congress Should Support ASAP and Other Student Success Programs
Op-Ed
Fines and Fees
New Jersey Should Stop Charging Fees for Indigent Defense
Op-Ed
Policing
Congress Is Engaging in a Harmful Piece of Political Theater by Disapproving D.C.’s Common Sense Police Reform Bill
Op-Ed
Reintegration
Second Chance Month Is an Opportunity to Start Acknowledging and Addressing Mass Incarceration in America
Op-Ed
As One of the Nation’s First Justice-Involved Legislators, Tarra Simmons Is an Example of the Power of Second Chances
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Reintegration
As One of the Nation’s First Justice-Involved Legislators, Tarra Simmons Is an Example of the Power of Second Chances
Second Chance Month
Pretrial Justice
States Must Confront the Constitutional Crisis of Public Defenders
Op-Ed
The Importance of Second Chances With Randall McNeil
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Reintegration
The Importance of Second Chances With Randall McNeil
Second Chance Month
A Growing Movement to Give People With Arrest or Conviction Records a Second Chance
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Reintegration
A Growing Movement to Give People With Arrest or Conviction Records a Second Chance
Second Chance Month
White House Issues Proclamation on Second Chance Month
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Reintegration
White House Issues Proclamation on Second Chance Month
Second Chance Month
Crime Reduction
Federal Violence Reduction Dollars Should Follow the Evidence
Op-Ed
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