Compared to many European nations, the U.S. welfare state redistributes a greater fraction of national income to the bottom 50%. In a new report, Chris Pope highlights how the U.S. welfare model more effectively targets aid to those in need. manhattan.institute/article/americ…

I’m pleased to announce that I’ve joined Manhattan Institute as senior fellow and director of higher education policy. Excited to be a part an amazing group of colleagues—and to continue shining a light on America’s universities.

Welcome to the team, John Sailer!

We're launching a dialogue series at New College of Florida, featuring the widest range of opinion on any campus in America. We're opening with Bill Nye and @Shellenberger on climate change, and, later this fall, Steve Sailer and Wilfred Reilly on race, crime, and statistics.

NYC “progressives” have spent a lot of time lately highlighting the welcome reductions in certain crime measures, but they seem to be ignoring the trend of rising enforcement—especially from the NYPD NEWS. My latest in the New York Post: nypost.com/2024/09/07/opi…

My Manhattan Institute pal Rafael A. Mangual highlights (seeecret) reasons for touted crime declines: In 2023, NYPD arrests rose ~20%, reaching a 5-yr high. NYC jail admissions rose ~22% (~4,000 more than 2022). Avg daily jail pop rose ~18% (to 5,873). Surprise! nypost.com/2024/09/07/opi…

Fantastic reporting by Christina Buttons and Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️! Will the MSM cover this massive scoop? Probably not. So be sure to share it far and wide.

We're proud to announce Christina Buttons is joining us as an Investigative Reporter. cc: Manhattan Institute

"The leftists who’ve championed depolicing and decarceration now highlight recent crime declines for one reason, and one reason only: to discredit any criticism of their public-safety records." Rafael A. Mangual for New York Post. nypost.com/2024/09/07/opi…

Today, 23 years later, we will remember together as rescuers, survivors, and family — as Americans — who continue our solemn vow to #NeverForget those killed on 9/11 and from illnesses in its wake. #September11th demonstrated that the ideals of our great nation and resolve of the

The Manhattan Institute's Director of Constitutional Studies Ilya Shapiro and Senior Editor at the National Review, Charles C. W. Cooke join us for an armchair conversation on the seeming trend towards illiberalism in education and what it means for the future of the legal profession and the molding of

The September 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York City and Washington remain a profound event in American history. Read some of our past stories on these events by Hannah E. Meyers, Nicole, and more. city-journal.org/article/rememb…

Very excited to announce I’m now an Investigative Reporter🕵🏼‍♀️ for Manhattan Institute

In a new report, I outline the challenges/downsides of providing mental health programs and services through schools, finding inconsistent marginal benefit, poor implementation, and some harm--making these programs a poor trade for academic priorities. manhattan.institute/article/school…

Thank you to Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Ge Bai for inviting me to moderate such a distinguished panel on health spending at their 2024 Health Policy Symposium yesterday! Congressman Kevin Hern Bill Cassidy, M.D. Chapin White U.S. CBO Paragon Health Institute Manhattan Institute

Is expanding mental health services in schools really helping students? A new report by Carolyn D. Gorman challenges the effectiveness of school-based mental health programs. manhattan.institute/article/school…

Following criticism over its handling of a gender Rx and self-ID guideline, in July 2024 World Health Organization (WHO) used an "update" to its 2022 guideline on HIV and STI prevention "to smuggle in the two major tenets of its larger adult guideline agenda: expanding access to 'affirming care' and

America increased its federal school-based mental health spending by 500% in the past decade. Sure, kids' mental health got much, much worse, but at least we showed that we cared!

“A decades-long track record of inconsistent marginal benefit, poor implementation, and some evidence of harm tempers confidence that effective, comprehensive school-based mental health services are attainable or desirable.” This week on Are You Kidding Me podcast @naomisriley

In New York Post, I write: "NYPD's been a model for police depts...thanks to one principle: A Merit-based ethic that promotes the best people, ideas, strategies, & technologies led to excellence. Yet for the past decade, the Dept has had this ethic chipped away."nypost.com/2024/09/12/opi…