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  • Apple Introduces Face ID and Exposes Another Discriminatory Blind Spot in “Cool” Technology

    Apple Introduces Face ID and Exposes Another Discriminatory Blind Spot in “Cool” Technology

    Cory Lancaster, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives The people of America have whipped out their smart phones and called their government to the stand. The social issues that have been offending our citizens for centuries are on trial and cell phone technology has provided a mass of incriminating evidence. Smart phones have drastically revised the…

  • GW WonkCast S2E2: How States Target Abortion Clinics Through TRAP Laws

    GW WonkCast S2E2: How States Target Abortion Clinics Through TRAP Laws

    Policy Perspectives’ Editor-in-Chief Jessica Burnell joins the WonkCast crew in our second episode this season to discuss how states use TRAP laws to restrict abortion. These laws target abortion clinics themselves, aiming to disincentive abortion services by making them harder to provide. Listen in to learn more about the history of these laws and their…

  • The Unintended Consequences of School Takeovers: A Study of Jackson Public School District

    The Unintended Consequences of School Takeovers: A Study of Jackson Public School District

    Travis Reginal, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives There is only one step standing between the Jackson Public School District existing as an independent district and being taken over by the Mississippi Department of Education. Jackson Public Schools (JPS), the second-largest school district in Mississippi, is facing a potential state intervention due to several complaints from…

  • Turkey: The Struggle for Inclusion

    Turkey: The Struggle for Inclusion

    Matthew Dotzler, MPP, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Turkey is a bridge between Europe and the Eastern world, with one foot firmly planted in the culture and history of the Ottoman Empire and the other reaching for a perch among Western states. The founder of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, dreamed of a Turkish state that would…

  • Today’s Public Administrators: Dr. Dominica McBride

    Today’s Public Administrators: Dr. Dominica McBride

    Today’s Public Administrators asks administrators working in the public sphere about their experience implementing and shaping policy on the ground. This segment talks with Dr. Dominica McBride, an award-winning evaluator and Founder/CEO of Become: Center for Community Engagement and Social Change. Through her organization, Dr. McBride uses culturally-responsive practices to collaborate, train, and create program…