May 26, 2015 C-SPAN
Watson Faculty Fellow and Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences Glenn Loury participated in a Congressional briefing on The Growth of Incarceration in the United States: Exploring Causes and Consequences, a recent report released by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
May 22, 2015 WJAR
Wendy Schiller comments on Providence's rising costs for pensions and healthcare, following Mayor Elorza's announcement of a proposed three-part savings plan for the city. Schiller says these costs are unsustainable.
May 22, 2015
Faculty Fellow Glenn Loury talks to about his recent panel hosted by the Manhattan Institute called, "Restoring the Family".
May 22, 2015 The Guardian
May 22, 2015 Lawfare Blog
Tim Edgar, visiting fellow in international studies, shares his take on the opposition to the USA Freedom Act, which many view as a workable compromise to the Patriot Act that preserves essential capabilities.
May 21, 2015 Boston Globe
Journalist in Residence Stephen Kinzer in the Boston Globe, "If justice were truly blind, all would be treated equally and punished according to the scope of their offenses. Since justice is clearly being administered prejudicially, however, a larger solution is necessary."
May 21, 2015 DW (Germany)
Timothy Edgar, visiting fellow in international studies, comments on the possibility of key parts of the NSA’s surveillance powers granted by the Patriot Act expiring soon, unless Congress takes action.
May 19, 2015 Foreign Affairs
Mark Blyth, professor of international political economy, co-authors an article on the fiscal lessons to be learned from the recent British general election.
May 18, 2015 Washington Post
Kenneth Wong, professor of education policy, commented on an article about Rushern L. Baker's proposal to increase property taxes to fund Prince George County's struggling school system. Wong said it's unusual to have a double-digit tax increase to fund schools, adding "It sends a strong signal that the new team will take school reform seriously."
May 18, 2015 Folha de São Paulo
Folha de São Paulo interviews Faculty Fellow Matthew Gutmann.
May 18, 2015 BloggingHeads.tv
Faculty Fellow Glenn Loury talks to John McWhorter of Columbia University on his video blog, "The Glenn Show".
May 15, 2015 Center for International Maritime Security
Journalist in Residence Stephen Kinzer on the Center for International Maritime Security, "The forces that created the Dulles brothers are the forces that created America. If you can understand those sources you can understand a good deal about this country."
May 14, 2015 Lawfare Blog
Visting Fellow Timothy Edgar on Lawfare, "The job of lawyers and privacy officials is the intelligence community is to administer the two basic systems of oversight first established by the Church Committee reforms of the 1970s: the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and E.O. 12,333."
May 12, 2015 Providence Journal
Timmons Roberts, professor of environmental studies and sociology, wrote an op-ed applauding Gov. Gina Raimondo and General Treasurer Seth Magaziner's proposed Infrastructure Bank, saying the "bank is simply a great plan, filled with common-sense approaches, and begins to allow us to scale up our existing state programs to build a more resilient economy and society."
May 12, 2015 Brookings Blog
Director of the China Initiative Edward Steinfeld on Brookings Blog, "When confronted by the kind of production practices emerging from China today, the smart move by observers in advanced industrial nations is to stop worrying, stop accusing, stop making excuses, and instead start learning."
May 11, 2015 Letters and Politics
Eastman Professor of Political Economy Mark Blyth talks on podcast "Letters and Politics" about his book, "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea".
May 11, 2015 The New York Times
Anna Aizer, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, co-authored a paper, "The Long Term Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families" that was cited in an opinion piece in the New York Times. Opinion writer Jason Furman uses Aizer's research to make the case that rather than increasing dependency, cash-transfer programs to help the poor have "substantial long term benefits for children."
May 11, 2015 The Providence Journal
Ed Fitzpatrick talks to Brown postdoctoral fellow Atul Pokharel about the loss his family and town suffered during the earthquake in Nepal and a website he has created to help those affected by the disaster.
May 11, 2015 The Christian Science Monitor
Watson Institute Director Richard Locke comments on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and what it means for fair-trade and labor standards.