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Effects of Restrictive Government: A Study into the Jordanian Teacher’s Syndicate

Background on Politics and Economy in Jordan   Recently there has been a limiting of the political freedoms in Jordan, leading to the dissolution of the ...

Phantom Finance: A Review of Scholarly Literature on the Public Policy Impact of Blockchain-Based Digital Economies

As the internet continues to transform our modern world, new developments in distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) promise to revolutionize the monetary system as we know ...
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Is Aleksandr Lukashenko Untouchable? How Mounting Political Pressure Motivated Belarus’s Dictator President to Engineer a Migrant Crisis in the EU

On December 6th, 1991, Belarus and 14 other independent states emerged from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus hosted its first presidential election in ...

Diversity & Representation in Government with Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi

GPPR Podcast Editor Kharl Reynado (MPP '23) spoke with Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi about diversity and representation in government. In this podcast, Senator Hashmi ...
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Disability Services are Not Enough: Making the Case for a Disability Cultural Center at Georgetown University

Note: The author of this article has chosen to use identity-first language rather than person-first language. Some Disabled people use a capital D to denote ...

Expansion of the Boyfriend Loophole

As devastating as it has been, the COVID-19 outbreak is not the only outbreak that the United States has dealt with in the past few ...
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    ‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?            

‘Buy America’: Protectionist Peril or Politically Practical?       The Issue of Government Procurement:             In January of 2021, President Biden signed executive order 14005, “Ensuring the Future ...

The State of the Privacy Debate: A Conversation with Caitlin Chin

Caitlin Chin is a recent McCourt alumna and research Analyst at the Brookings Institution's Center for Technology Innovation, where she contributes to policy research related ...
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Rate, Subscribe, and Libel: A New Approach to Deterring Conspiracy Theories on Social Media

Conspiracy theories are spreading on social media platforms, and algorithms promoting engagement may contribute to the problem. This article offers a public policy option promising ...
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Where is Affordable Housing for Tysons Commuters?

(Header Image: Aerial Shot of Tysons Corner, Virginia, 2010. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Original Image Link here. No changes were made to this image from its original ...
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Access to Healthcare during the pandemic in Washington, D.C.

Introduction The contagious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, also known as COVID-19 has had disastrous consequences worldwide. First and foremost, ...
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The Perils of Predictive Policing

In the United States, police departments could use artificial intelligence to predict and prevent future crime. Proponents of these methods believe algorithms could improve law ...
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Rebalancing the Interagency: Stability Operations with Department of State and Department of Defense

The current framework for stability operations of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of State (DoS) outlines the appropriate division of labor between military ...
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Six Ways to Fix a Dysfunctional Congress (Part 2)

Congress is dysfunctional, but it can be fixed. This two-part series explains why Congress is broken and how to fix it. Although some pundits suggest ...
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Six Ways to Fix a Dysfunctional Congress (Part 1)

Congress is dysfunctional, but it can be fixed. This two-part series explains why Congress is broken and how to fix it. Although some pundits suggest ...
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The Federal Deficit Still Matters, Now Arguably More than Ever

Last year was one of the worst years in modern American (and global) history. The COVID-19 pandemic has now killed over 500,000 Americans and has ...
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Law Standardization Needed to Prevent Housing Voucher Discrimination

Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) are used by over 2 million low-income families (totaling more than 5 million people) as forms of rental assistance. The United ...
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Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to Fight COVID: The Longer Arc

The coronavirus pandemic exposed personnel gaps in the American healthcare system. This article builds on the first piece in the series (Immediate Answers) by looking ...
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Harnessing Immigrant and Refugee Healthcare Workers to Fight COVID: Immediate Answers

There are currently 1.1 million immigrants, refugees, and U.S.-born healthcare professionals with undergraduate health-related degrees that are underutilized but could be called upon to help ...
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Leadership in Public Policy with Anatole Jenkins

GPPR · Leadership in Public Policy with Anatole Jenkins Podcast Team Member William "Ryan" Brown spoke with Anatole, the former National Director of States Organizing ...
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Public Opinion on the Death Penalty: Where Republicans and Democrats Agree (and Disagree)

Reform advocates in the United States have long pushed for the abolition of the death penalty across America. Using survey data acquired from Pew Research ...
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Leadership in Public Policy with Sara Sendek

 GPPR · Leadership in Public Policy with Sara Sendek Podcast Team Member William "Ryan" Brown spoke with Sara Sendek, the former Director of Public ...
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Policy Implications with Maritza Perez: The Act of Being Involved

GPPR · Policy Implications with Maritza Perez: The Act of Being Involved Podcast Team Member Dia Porter spoke with Maritza Perez, the Director of the ...
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International Debt: Exploring New Data from the World Bank

Each year, the world generates trillions of dollars in debt. To low and middle-income countries, these monetary flows are a critical source of credit to ...
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Visualizing the Fentanyl Epidemic

Fentanyl is responsible for a disproportionate number of drug overdose deaths.  The only way to curtail the growing crisis is...
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Visualizing the Fentanyl Epidemic

Opening the Gates: Access Rules Wants Society to Pressure Big Tech to Share Their Data

Note: GPPR received a complimentary copy of the book Access Rules: Freeing Data from Big Tech for a Better Future...
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Opening the Gates: Access Rules Wants Society to Pressure Big Tech to Share Their Data

Considerations for Reducing the Social Isolation of Our Seniors: A Conversation with Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Robert Torres and Harry M. Baturin

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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Considerations for Reducing the Social Isolation of Our Seniors: A Conversation with Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Robert Torres and Harry M. Baturin

The Past and Present of U.S-Africa policy, and how the youth will shape its future with Melvin Foote

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 Past and Present of U.S-Africa policy, and how the youth will shape its future with Melvin Foote

A Look Across the Pond: A Comparison of Regulatory Efforts Around AI and the Challenges Ahead

This article discusses the ongoing efforts to regulate AI across the world, trends in AI legislation in the EU and...
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The US is Overestimating the Likelihood of War in the Taiwanese Strait

Pictured: President Ma Ying-Jeou of Taiwan meets with President Xi Jinping in 2015.  The recent Taiwanese elections have reignited international...
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The Power of the Pocket: A Brief Look into Campaign Fundraising in Competitive Congressional Races Post-Citizens United

Money has historically played a pervasive role in American politics, especially in Congressional races. Over time, the large sums of...
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The Power of the Pocket: A Brief Look into Campaign Fundraising in Competitive Congressional Races Post-Citizens United