The Beto Effect: What Texas Democrats Gained from Beto O’Rourke’s Senate Campaign
By Nick Draper Few contests — if any — in this year’s midterm elections captured more national attention than the Texas Senate race between incumbent […]
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The Value of Popular Media for Policy Makers
By Joseph Monardo Podcasts are responsible for some of my most memorable policy learnings. Longform journalism has given me insights I haven’t found elsewhere. Personal […]
Fall 2018 Journal: Mortgage Interest Deduction and the Racial Wealth Gap
By Emma Fernandez, Emily McCaffrey, Kimberly Rubens, and Carson Whitelemons Edited by Joony Moon The Home Mortgage Interest Deduction (MID) is one of the longest-standing […]
Fall 2018 Journal: Welfare-to-Work: Work Requirements under TANF
By Hinnaneh A. Qazi Edited by Randall Tran and Chenchen Zhang Mandatory work requirements require that social safety net recipients meet certain workforce-related criteria in […]
A handful of people feared the possibility of violence, or couldn't justify risking personal safety for what they considered vague reasons.
The violence on November 9th, however, changed things for many respondents. 87% said that their interest in Occupy Cal increased after the police brutality. 35 […]
Occupy Cal Survey Results
On Monday, we sent out a survey* asking the student body about their perceptions of, and involvement with, the Occupy Movement. Eighty-one of you answered. […]
What Can Public Policy Teach Occupy? by Larry Rosenthal
By Larry Rosenthal “Tent sites available.” – Sign observed at OccupyCal, Sproul Plaza, November 16, 2011 The Occupy Movement gifts us with provocative opportunities for policy […]
Get Involved with Common Cause
By Emily Gerth I often hear GSPP students expressing empathy with the Occupy movement, but also feeling unsure or wary about aligning themselves with a […]
Occupy is a Policy Window for Strategic Leaders
By Danny Yost I challenge the notion that the Occupy Movement needs to express specific demands to be effective. Strategic political leaders should seize this […]
Tuesday, November 15: Robert Reich's Mario Savio Memorial Lecture
“We are losing equal opportunity in America; we are losing the moral foundation stone on which this country and our democracy are built.” – Robert […]