Writing
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation. Research on the effects of incarceration and the evidence base for reform approaches has grown substantially.
Safe drinking water is a foundational public health guarantee. The distribution of water infrastructure failures follows familiar patterns of race and income.
Housing First, providing permanent housing without preconditions, has become the dominant evidence based approach to chronic homelessness. Implementation gaps remain substantial.
Medicaid is the largest public health insurance program in the United States. Decisions about its structure and expansion have significant consequences for coverage, access, and health outcomes.
Investments in the earliest years of life produce returns that later interventions cannot match. The evidence for early childhood policy is among the strongest in all of social policy.
Decades of 'tough on crime' policy produced mass incarceration without commensurate reduction in crime. A more evidencebased approach looks different, and more promising.
The employment-based green card backlog has grown to decades-long waits for some nationalities. Research on the consequences for the US economy and for highly skilled immigrants is growing.
The American social safety net encompasses dozens of programs with varied designs and evidence bases. Understanding what research shows about effectiveness is essential for reform debates.
Minimum wage debates have generated an extensive economics literature. Research using quasi-experimental methods has substantially clarified what wage increases do and do not produce.
