Writing
Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
The United States has higher child poverty rates than most wealthy nations. Research on what anti-poverty programs actually reduce child poverty and its long-term effects points toward specific approaches.
Housing costs have risen dramatically across the United States. Researchers have reached growing consensus on the causes and on which policy approaches are most likely to help.
Several states have sought to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. Research on whether these requirements improve employment while courts debate their legality points toward clear findings.
Immigration is central to America's economic and cultural identity. Research on labor market effects, fiscal impacts, and economic integration challenges assumptions across the political spectrum.
Minimum wage debates generate intense policy controversy. The research on effects of minimum wage increases has grown substantially and challenges some longstanding assumptions.
The deinstitutionalization movement promised communitybased care as an alternative to psychiatric hospitals. The community infrastructure it required was never built.
Pilots and experiments with guaranteed income have generated significant evidence. What the research actually shows about behavioral effects, work, and wellbeing challenges many assumptions.
Campaign finance is among the most contested areas of election law. Research on the effects of money in politics informs but cannot resolve debates about what regulations should exist.
The legal system and the mental health system approach human behavior from fundamentally different frameworks. When they intersect, the results are often inadequate for everyone involved.
