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  • Volume 27 is now online!

    Volume 27 is now online!

    We are pleased to announce that Volume 27 of Policy Perspectives has been published and is now online! Congratulations to the authors and editors whose efforts made this year a success! You can access Volume 27 in its entirety here. Click on the images below to read each of the eight feature articles in Volume…

  • Universal Basic Income: Is Now the Time?

    Universal Basic Income: Is Now the Time?

    Catherine Kaufman is an MPA Staff Writer for Brief Policy Perspectives On March 27, President Trump signed a $2 trillion stimulus bill (the CARES Act)—the largest in U.S. history. The bill includes a provision to send a $1,200 check to every adult who makes under $75,000 a year, designed to help citizens cope with the coronavirus outbreak…

  • Op-Ed: Helicopter Money Is Not the Solution to the COVID-19 Panic

    Op-Ed: Helicopter Money Is Not the Solution to the COVID-19 Panic

    The following is an op-ed and does not necessarily reflect the views of Policy Perspectives or the Trachtenberg school. Madison Grady, MPP Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives In the midst of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States, policy experts have been weighing in on ways the government can soften the extensive economic harm…

  • The Crisis of Reproductive Healthcare: What Are CPCs and Why Do They Matter?

    The Crisis of Reproductive Healthcare: What Are CPCs and Why Do They Matter?

    Olivia Shaffett, MPA Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives With an estimated 2,700 crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) currently operating in the United States, CPCs have become a fixture in many Americans’ lives. However, very few people know how CPCs operate, as most centers lack transparency, obscuring their goals, and work. CPCs are not operated by licensed medical professionals. Instead, they are…

  • Left Behind: The Need For Program Evaluation In Women’s Incarceration

    Left Behind: The Need For Program Evaluation In Women’s Incarceration

    Kaid Ray-Tipton, MPA Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Marginalized and Forgotten  Incarceration captures society’s most marginalized people. The vast majority of America’s carceral facilities are filled with men–89 percent of the country’s total incarcerated population–and much of the attention on corrections focuses on men. The overwhelming majority of incarcerated men overshadow how confinement uniquely affects non-binary individuals, transgender…