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  • Is There a Future For the Death Penalty?

    Is There a Future For the Death Penalty?

    Christina Prinvil is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. With the advancement of society and access to resources such as books, documentaries, podcasts, and movies, the public has learned more about the death penalty in recent years and subsequently has shifted its perspective on the act. According to the…

  • Conversion Therapy Bans: Do They Work to Stop the Practice?

    Conversion Therapy Bans: Do They Work to Stop the Practice?

    Catherine Kaufman is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year MPA student. Conversion therapy, or practices claiming to “change a person’s sexual orientation, change their gender identity or expression, or lessen their same-sex sexual attraction,” has long been discredited and considered dangerous for those who are subjected to it. These practices have…

  • What To Do About ANWR? Prospectors Take a Pass on Federal Land Leasing

    What To Do About ANWR? Prospectors Take a Pass on Federal Land Leasing

    Sean Parker is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year ENRP student. Alaska’s Oil Bust  The auctioning of federal lands to oil companies in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) was intended to bring an economic boon to the remote interior of northeastern Alaska. Of the  22 tracts that were offered for…

  • The Dying American Autopsy

    The Dying American Autopsy

    Ben White is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a first-year MPP student. The rate of autopsies has drastically declined over the last five decades, an issue that has concerned our nation’s health care experts. To address declining autopsy rates, policy makers could take immediate action to encourage more autopsies before we lose…

  • GameStopped: The Future of Market Regulation

    GameStopped: The Future of Market Regulation

    Madison Grady is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year MPP student. GameStop Corp.  During the last few days of January, traders rallied together to buy up shares of GameStop Corporation stock. The trading frenzy spurred from the popular message board website, Reddit, where investors posted about their profits and encouraged others…