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  • Op-Ed: How Build Back Better’s Universal Pre-K and Affordable Childcare Provisions Fall Short of Being Transformative Policies

    Op-Ed: How Build Back Better’s Universal Pre-K and Affordable Childcare Provisions Fall Short of Being Transformative Policies

    David Trimmer is a guest contributor to Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPA student. The U.S. House recently passed a version of President Biden’s domestic spending bill. Two significant provisions seek to create a universal Pre-K system and affordable childcare programs in every state. However, the political process has been grueling for Build Back…

  • Mentorship Legislation Makes it to the National Stage

    Mentorship Legislation Makes it to the National Stage

    Evan Linett is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student.   Two major pieces of federal legislation are seeking to expand funding for youth mentorship programs across the country. The Mentoring to Succeed Act, introduced in the U.S. Congress during June 2021, would strengthen federal investments in school-based mentorship programs to…

  • GW WonkCast S6E3: How the Government Works – Profiles in Courage and Modern Bulwarks of Justice

    Even if individual action doesn’t permanently change the course of public policy, it can still make a splash. In this episode, WonkCast host William Somes discusses individuals who have significantly affected policy throughout American history, and what policymakers can learn from their acts. Episode Transcript Please direct your feedback on this episode to wonkcast@gmail.com Subscribe…

  • The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: What is it, and What Can Be Done?

    The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: What is it, and What Can Be Done?

    Leisha Goel is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. Over the last 20 years, the number of juveniles placed in the juvenile justice system has decreased amidst calls for reforming the system, yet the number of young girls in the system over the same time period has only increased.…

  • In order to combat climate change, the United States must look to expand its global nuclear infrastructure

    In order to combat climate change, the United States must look to expand its global nuclear infrastructure

    Giovanni Liguori is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to our planet as we know it, and the threat is only escalating. A recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report emphasized that climate change is “widespread, rapid, and intensifying,” so much so…