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Watkins-Hayes commented in an article in the Detroit Free Press about reluctance in the Black community in Detroit to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. "These racial and class differences are both disconcerting and yet completely understandable and...

Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson's analysis on the disproportionate toll the COVID-19 recession has had on women and mothers in the U.S. has been widely cited. As the debate continues about the potential for another economic stimulus package,...

“This case is very serious and it’s indicative of the threat, not only from this particular group, but the broader one (from domestic terrorists.) We’re not going to see the last of these,” Ford school Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali told...

"Many people in health care have been saying for a long time that we’re going to face something like [COVID-19]. What I think people were more surprised about was how ill prepared we were as a country," said Udow-Phillips. "I think people were...

Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali has spent years working on security issues, and in particular the threat of domestic terrorism. In the wake of the announcement of the arrest of 13 men in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan...

The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming presidential election and the need to assert gun rights are spurring increases in gun ownership, according to an article in the Detroit Free Press . And in the midst of these...

While Michigan’s economy didn’t “fall off a cliff” in April, and the state acted quickly to help children and families access a federal meals program, more income support is required, Shaefer says in an article in the Detroit Free...

In “Why do U.S. retraining programs fall short,” part of an NPR Marketplace series on the history of waxing and waning trade barriers, Marina Whitman talks about her early advocacy for free trade during the Nixon Administration, the ways in which...

In a December 13th Detroit Free Press op-ed,  “Where will public goods stand in Trump’s administration?”, Marina v.N. Whitman considers the importance of public goods to President-elect Trump’s administration.Whitman explains, “Everybody’s ‘market...

The Detroit Free Press Editorial Board asks, “Lansing, are you listening to Michigan cities?” The piece draws attention to the latest Michigan Public Policy Survey on the fiscal health of the state’s local governments.The University of...

In a July 5 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina v.N. Whitman asks, “In Brexit debacle, who will lead from the edge of inside?”“On the same morning that we woke up to learn that British voters had set their country on a path of divorce from the European...

Susan M. Collins, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School, was one of several economists who provided insight into possible actions the Federal Reserve could take in the coming year following its decision to not raise...

In a May 30 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina Whitman made her case on behalf of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP is a proposed deal that would enhance the president's authority in trade negotiations by ensuring that "any agreement he...

Michigan significantly raised the bar for its Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) last year, and the first test results are in: many students and schools have a long way to go to meet the new standards, according to an article in the...

Elisabeth R. Gerber, Chris Miller (DDA director and economic development coordinator for the city of Adrian), and Daniel P. Gilmartin (CEO and executive director of the Michigan Municipal League) penned an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press called,...