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Emily Lin

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The Teddy Bear Effect

Most Fortune 500 CEOs—roughly 95 percent of them, in fact—are white men. Line up headshots of these leaders and plenty of pronounced chins, square jaws, salt-and-pepper hair, and other physical ...
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Interpreter of Maladies: Stories

“Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, this stunning debut collection unerring charts the emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. In stories ...
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The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth about Racism can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations – Robert Livingston

February 2021, Book: "How can I become part of the solution? In the wake of the social unrest of 2020 and growing calls for racial justice, many business leaders and ordinary citizens are asking that ...
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How anti-incumbency and a ‘first-past-the-post’ system helped elect the Labour Party in the UK

The 2024 U.K. general election proved a watershed contest, with a stunning rejection of the Conservative government after 14 years in power. The Conservative’s share of the vote (24%) was its worst ...
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Public sector fellowship programs are key to getting young people into government. When these programs are eroded, talented workers go elsewhere.

Q: What impact have public sector fellowship programs—like the PMF—had on pathways into government service? Our study tracks the career trajectories of over 2,000 fellows and finalists from four ...
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

“The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem ...
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Why American Elections Are Flawed (and How to Fix Them)

The flaws in the American electoral process have become increasingly apparent in recent years. The contemporary tipping point in public awareness occurred during the 2000 election count, and concern ...
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Is The AI Bubble Bursting? Lessons From The Dot-Com Era

August 21, 2025, Opinion: "One should be just as cautious about predicting the imminent burst of an AI bubble as skeptical of the exaggerated hype currently surrounding artificial intelligence. There ...
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Robert Stavins

Robert N. Stavins is the A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development, Director of Graduate Studies for the Doctoral Programs in Public Policy and in Political Economy and Government, Cochair ...
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Sludge: What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It - Cass Sunstein

September 7, 2021, Book: "How we became so burdened by red tape and unnecessary paperwork, and why we must do better. We've all had to fight our way through administrative sludge—filling out ...
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Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance

“In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous ...