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Can Citizen Campaigns and Voluntary Standards Make Business Socially Responsible?
As public regulations are weakened, voluntary groups are attempting to police business. But their campaigns are dependent on media coverage and easily...
SSN Forum on White-Collar Government
Does it matter that elites dominate Congress and other U.S. legislatures? Nicholas Carnes says yes, and five SSNers discuss his new book. Tom Mann...
Paid Family Leave in California and the Future of U.S. Family Policy
Paid family leave helps families and businesses alike. An important new book dissects the accomplishments and limits of California's pioneering law...
Goaded by the Tea Party, Republicans Turn to Extortion
The Republican-led House of Representatives has shut down the federal government and threatens to push the U.S. into default – unless Democrats agree...
The Challenging Future of the U.S. Labor Movement
Despite soaring profits, American workers claim a shrinking share of the national economic pie. Union decline is a major cause – and if worker...
Will the House of Representatives Enact - Or Kill - Immigration Reform?
In late June, a carefully negotiated immigration reform bill passed the Senate by a substantial bipartisan majority of 68 to 32. Action now shifts to...
SSN Forum on Money in Politics
Running for office and advancing policy agendas are very expensive endeavors. Has raising money become too central to American politics – giving the...
The Scourge of America's Imprisonment Boom
The ranks of imprisoned Americans are starting to decline. But as SSN scholars spell out, our country must still grapple with the ill effects – for...
Meet the SSN Graduate Fellows for 2012-13
Every regional group in the Scholars Strategy Network chooses a graduate student fellow each year. Our first class includes a dozen young women and...
The Politics of America's Fight against Global Warming
The world's climate is warming quickly. Reformers recently tried, but failed, to persuade Congress to enact "cap and trade" to reduce carbon emissions...