US Sanctions are Robbing Venezuelans of Basic Human Rights
Contrary to the United States government’s claims that sanctions on Venezuela help fight the country’s corruption, sanctions are not protective measures for Venezuela. They come ...
Prescription Drug Pricing Policy in the U.S.: Past, Present, and Future.
GPPR Podcast Editor Joe Lustig (MPP-EP ’24) speaks with Dr. Richard Frank – a distinguished health economist, Brookings Institution fellow, and Director of the Schaeffer ...
Leadership, Public Administration, and the D.C. Community with Councilmember Robert White
GPPR Podcast Editor, Bryna Antonia Cortes (MPM/NUF ‘23), spoke with Councilmember Robert White from the D.C. Council covering a range of topics from his path ...
118th Congress Trends For Psychology With Stefanie Reeves
American Psychological Association Deputy Chief of Public Policy and Engagement, Advocacy Directorate, Stefanie Reeves discusses mental health trends occurring in the 118th congress with Podcast Editor ...
Anti-Discrimination & Equality: Gender and Power Structures in an intersectional framework in the Indian Judiciary
Tailoring Legislative Provisions or Falling Back on the Constitution? Justice delivery in India suffers from a patriarchal bias. A representative gender jurisprudence approach would not ...
Assessing Community Corrections Run by For-Profit Prison Corporations: The Case of CoreCivic
In recent years, politicians and the public have criticized mass incarceration over ethical and economic concerns. This has forced private prison corporations (PPCs) into the ...
Can voting create healthier communities?
Podcast Editor Jazlyn Gallego (MPM ’24) speaks with Aliya Bhatia, Georgetown School of Foreign Service graduate and Executive Director of Vot-ER, to discuss the link ...
A House Divided: Sudan’s Troubled Transition
Sudan is in crisis. Again. Sudan is further tattered, further cleaved and mutilated. The third-largest country in Africa has been marred by political instability and ...
Teachers Have Lost America’s Confidence. How Can They Get it Back?
During the 2012 Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike, the country witnessed unions’ ability to come together with working class parents and community members to score ...
The Pro-Life Paradox: States with the Worst Infant and Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States have the Most Extreme Abortion Laws
Anti-abortion activists neglect to advocate for measures that support parents and children Abortion rights advocates have long argued anti-abortion activists and legislators are simply pro-birth, ...
Congressional Stock Trading: A Practical Solution to a Centuries-Old Problem
The buying and selling of stocks by members of Congress has festered a palpable sense of dissatisfaction and distrust within the American public. Although these ...
Medicare Advantage Shortcomings Threaten Access to Quality and Timely Healthcare for Beneficiaries
Americans above the age of 65 and people with certain long-term disabilities under the age of 65 are eligible to receive health insurance benefits through ...
Health, Incarceration, and the Intersection of Medicaid Policy with Khalil Cumberbatch and Vikki Wachino
GPPR Editor Bryna Antonia Cortes (MPM ’23) spoke with Khalil Cumberbatch, national leader and advocate on criminal justice policy, and Vikki Wachino, health care policy ...
A New Vision of Procurement
The Biden Administration has issued Executive Order 13985 requiring the whole of government to “affirmatively advance equity, civil rights, racial justice, and equal opportunity.”1 In ...
The Fate of Puerto Rico’s Electrical Grid Lies in a Public-Private Partnership
In 2017, Puerto Rico experienced two catastrophic Category 5 hurricanes, Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. These storms had a devastating effect on the island’s fragile ...
Africa-centric New World Order: A Transatlantic Alliance in Commercial Diplomacy
The world is again at a major inflection point. As the Transatlantic Alliance strives to ensure successful defense of a rules-based international order, expand markets, ...
Creating Person-Centered Policies with Michael Wallace
GPPR Junior Podcast Editor Jazlyn Gallego (MPM ’24) speaks with Michael Wallace, founder of Mint Project, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization that serves the local ...
What’ll it be: Settlement or Nuclear Annihilation?
As the unrelenting war in Ukraine grinds continuously and more deeply into the proxy war it has been from the start, another danger lurks: nuclear ...
America’s lead in advanced computing is almost gone Part 1: Systems and Capabilities
Abstract American usage of advanced computing to solve commercial and government issues has a long and august history that ranges from weather and climate simulations ...
America’s lead in advanced computing is almost gone Part 2: Semiconductor Manufacturing
Abstract In Part 1, we focused on the decline in U.S. leadership across multiple dimensions of advanced computing. It’s well understood that progress in these ...
The Impact of Hate Crimes with Orange County Human Relations
GPPR Podcast Editor Nhi Nguyen (MPM ’23) speaks to Don Han, the Director of Operations at Orange County Human Relations, and Norma Lopez, the Executive ...
Diverse Perspectives in Leadership: A Conversation with Rohini Kosoglu
GPPR Podcast Editor Sneha Choudhary (MPP ’24) speaks with Rohini Kosoglu, former Deputy Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor to the Vice President ...
Ticketmaster, Taylor, and the Takedown of the Modern Monopoly?
On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, entertainment giant Ticketmaster began to sell tickets for Taylor Swift’s tour, but their lack of preparedness led to long wait ...
European Reparations: Strengthening Cooperation and Resetting Relations with Developing Nations
In February of 2022, the European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) convened at their annual diplomatic summit. Leaders forged the Cotonou Agreement, which promised ...
Visualizing the Fentanyl Epidemic
By Aaron Till
/ December 7, 2023
Fentanyl is responsible for a disproportionate number of drug overdose deaths. The only way to curtail the growing crisis is...
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Opening the Gates: Access Rules Wants Society to Pressure Big Tech to Share Their Data
By Alisha Saxena (she/her), Editor in Chief
/ August 29, 2022
Note: GPPR received a complimentary copy of the book Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future...
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Considerations for Reducing the Social Isolation of Our Seniors: A Conversation with Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Robert Torres and Harry M. Baturin
By Harry Baturin
/ July 20, 2020
Robert Torres is the Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging. He recently spoke with Harry M. Baturin, an instructor at Georgetown University/Core...
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The Past and Present of U.S-Africa policy, and how the youth will shape its future with Melvin Foote
By Georgetown Public Policy Review and Mike Saunders (MPM ’24)
/ April 23, 2024
GPPR Podcast Editor Mike Saunders (MPM' 24) spoke with Melvin Foote, the Founder and President of the Constituency For Africa (CFA), about...
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The Power of the Pocket: A Brief Look into Campaign Fundraising in Competitive Congressional Races Post-Citizens United
By Amelia Minkin
/ March 23, 2024
Money has historically played a pervasive role in American politics, especially in Congressional races. Over time, the large sums of...
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