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The Art and Science of Measuring Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Harassment Initiatives

The Federal Evidence Act: What Local Government Can Learn

No Strings Attached: The Effects of UBI in the U.S.

Protecting the Confidentiality of the 2020 Census

What's trust got to do with it? - From the archives

Aligning the stars for transit-oriented development

"It made me feel like I had someone to talk to"

Collecting Homelessness Information that Answers Local Questions

Modern Schools for a Modern World

Money or Warmth, a Heated Choice

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #6 Repeat

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #5 Decide

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #4 Test

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #3 Do Something

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #2 Design

The Scientific Approach @ DC: Step #1 Listen

Data and the Decisionmaker

Why People Move: Residential Stability in DC

Routes to Roofs: Housing Interventions to Combat Family Homelessness

Evening the (Propensity) Score

"To know your future, you must understand your past"

Putting Money Back in Washingtonians' Pockets

The Lab @ DC is Turning Two!

Don't Miss the Deadline

We're back and taking stock of DC's housing stock

Are you paying attention?

To the moon! ...and Mars

A podcast to remember

Chocolate City Live

Opportunity of the Commons

The First Thousand Days

Job of a Superperson

Test Driving Transportation Networks

The Life of a City Administrator

New Eyes on the Street: Policing in the age of big data

One City's Trash...

Policing For Tomorrow

Practicing Restorative Justice

Cure for the Common Scold

Benoy Jacob - What's trust got to do with it?

Derek Hyra - How DC Became the Cappuccino City

Chloe Gibbs - How Out-of-School Time is Shaping Children's Educational Trajectories

Dan Ariely - What does Behavioral Economics have to do with Policy Making?

Don Green - That's so Random...ized

Eugen Dimant - The Spread of Anti-Social Behavior

Jon Guyan - Use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Crime

Kathryn Newcomer - Encouraging Government to Use a Portfolio of Evidence

Nick Hart - Recommendations of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Schroeder Stribling - Addressing Homelessness in DC

Tim Wilson - Changing Behavior by Changing the Story

Brian Nosek - How To Make the Core Principles Of Research Part of Daily Practice

James Sullivan - How Evidence Can Transform the Fight Against Poverty

Amanda Ripley - How Intuition Is A Busted Compass When It Comes To Education