The Ralph J. Bunche International Affairs Center at Howard University has awarded Ford School alum Cydney Gardner-Brown the 2022 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship following a highly competitive nationwide selection process. The...

During the war in Afghanistan, America’s longest war, the Taliban suffered high casualties and territorial losses against a well-funded and well-armed opponent. Despite these circumstances, the Taliban endured the lengthy war, and ultimately emerged...

How does the U.S. government choose whether to outsource its work abroad to contractors from the country of implementation or rely on international vendors? In a new study titled “Developing capacity and reducing risk? An analysis of federal...

Earl Lewis, Thomas C. Holt Distinguished University Professor of History, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Public Policy, recently provided historical context for an MLive story.  “On plantations, African Americans would gather beyond a...

Joe Schwarz, lecturer in public policy, weighed in on two bills passed in the Michigan House of Representatives this week. The bills would make conducting medical research on stem cells derived from abortions a five-year felony. "That is...

Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson, along with multiple other economic experts, sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee urging them to approve the current nominees for the Federal Reserve Board. "In addition to representing among the...

Responding to a recent study that shows the negative impact of Tennessee’s Voluntary Pre-K program, Christina Weiland, associate professor of public policy and education, and five other authors penned an article defending early childhood education...