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The University of California Board of Regents today (Oct. 18) approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Sociologist Tomás Jiménez, PhD ’05, doesn’t think Americans are rolling up the welcome mat for new immigrants.

Harvard Kennedy School Receives $5 Million for New Economic Inequality Program | News | The Harvard Crimson

CAMBRIDGE, MA—Harvard Kennedy School has received a $5 million gift to establish the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy at the School’s Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.

Boston University sociologist Jessica Simes shows that the geography of mass incarceration and its racial disparities are now concentrated in smaller cities

Our benefits system leaves millions behind. Let's make paid leave, health insurance, workers’ compensation, and retirement plans accessible to more people.

The Future of Worker Financial Security: The Nexus of Work and Benefits Event information Location In the United States, a dominant narrative that having a job equals financial security persists, yet the majority of workers in America have jobs that do not allow them to achieve financial security. In fact, many workers lack benefits, have low earnings, and live in poverty. The type of job matters: workers with full-time, permanent positions and more robust packages of benefits do bet...