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The inferno in London is out, mainly because the entire flammable contents of the building have burned up. Fire hoses cannot deliver water to the upper floors of such buildings, and the ladders trucks can bring to the scene don’t reach nearly high enough. Many more deaths will be recorded -- I expect a toll in the dozens -- as the search for the missing continues. Police and fire brigades told people to stay in their…

Key Takeaway  Students of color are harmed by brutal policies that exist both inside and outside of schools, but reforms are readily available. Find Documents Press Release: http://nepc.info/node/8699 NEPC Publication: http://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/law-and-order Contact William J. Mathis: (802) 383-0058, wmathis@sover.net Janelle Scott: (510) 642-4740, jtscott@berkeley.edu Michele Moses: (303) 492-8280, michele.moses@colorado.edu Kara Finnigan: (585) 275-9942, kfinnigan@warner.rochester.edu Learn More NEPC Resources on…

GSPP Alumni - Vote in this year's Alumni Association Board elections! Your input will strengthen our Association, which is now entering its 19th year, in selecting its future leadership and help the Board represent the diversity of our alumni community. Those who are elected will join the GSPPAA Board of Directors this Fall 2017. To cast your vote, please check your email for a message that includes your individual link to the ballot. If you did not receive this email,…

For many American voters in the past election cycle, the offensive bravado and hawkish wave of populism that ushered Donald Trump into the White House appeared like a one-off in the modern history of Western politics; but they may be surprised to find their European counterparts facing the same flurry of aggressive nationalism. Amidst the presidential campaign season in France, Trump finds a rival demagogue in presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, who leads France’s Far-Right party, the National…

In 2016, the Associated Press was awarded its 52nd Pulitzer Prize for a riveting investigative report about slavery in the Thai fishing industry. The story — the work of an international group of AP reporters, photographers, and editors — drew worldwide attention and eventually led to the release of 2,000 enslaved men.  “That story was the ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ for those men,” says AP CEO Gary Pruitt (MPP ’81/JD ’82). “I happened to be in Bangkok…

In the fall of 1978, as I started my graduate work at GSPP, Berkeley voters were considering a rent control measure. As we examined it in class, the lesson quickly became clear: policy should be driven by good analysis before politics. Otherwise, we devolve into a world of unintended consequences. It’s up to the policy analyst to deliver a neutral review of costs, effectiveness and alternatives, even if doesn’t meet the preconceived notions of decision-makers. As…

Does Policy Analysis Matter? Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice, edited by Lee S. Friedman, was released by University of California Press in February 2017. In addition to Professor Friedman, chapter contributors include John A. Hird (MPP '86/PhD '88), Eric M. Patashnik (MPP '89) and Justin Peck, and M. Suzanne Donovan (MPP '81/PhD '87 ). All proceeds from the sale of the book will support the Wildavsky Forum, sponsored annually by the Goldman School in memory of Aaron Wildavsky, GSPP's founding…

Starting in kindergarten, the students in the Union Public Schools district in Tulsa, Okla., get a state-of-the-art education in science, technology, engineering and math. (Credit: Andrea Morales for The New York Times) TULSA, Okla. — The class assignment: Design an iPad video game. For the player to win, a cow must cross a two-lane highway, dodging constant traffic. If she makes it, the sound of clapping is heard; if she’s hit by a car, the game…

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s (R-Wis.) decision to pull legislation to reconfigure the nation’s health-care system is a major setback to President Trump and the GOP. For seven years, Republicans promised to repeal and replace Obamacare. Their failure to deliver on this promise exposes intraparty divisions that will not be easily healed. [With AHCA defeat, some Democrats see chance to push for universal coverage] But there is more to the story…

The Goldman School of Public Policy seeks applications from researchers in food policy, with an emphasis on the social movements of food production, food service, and labor practices and policies in these sectors. We anticipate that these scholars will study the political, legal, and social aspects of food policy, including: organizing social movements around food policy (e.g., the Local Food movement, Farm-to-Table, the Fight for $15 movement); the use of social media in political organization around food policy; food policy…