It's the economy, stupid. Right? A new tool, now at Yale, seeks to rethink how we measure economic success: bit.ly/44fqeon Jacob Hacker American Academy of Arts & Sciences

New op-ed from Jacob Hacker and Patrick Sullivan: The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill (Gift Link) nytimes.com/2025/06/25/opi…

We were thrilled to host Don Moynihan for a chat with Alan Gerber about civic tech and why it's important. Check out the full video. bit.ly/45BM7R8 And a summary: bit.ly/3TGugB8

Backseat car hammocks for babies? Thanks to government, they are no longer for sale in the US. Now, as federal regs come under attack, political scientists and legal scholars gathered for a conference on the future of studying the administrative state: bit.ly/44LJSbW

Join us for discussions about moral tensions within medicine, law, AI, and public health at the Summer Institute in Bioethics poster session. Participants will present what they have learned. Friday 7/18 from 10:30 to 12, TAC, 300 Cedar St. Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics

NEW from Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics: Baby Boxes May Harm Mothers and Infants Despite Good Intentions. bit.ly/4nUs4Eg

NEW: We sit down with Melody Huang to chat about her work and how it can improve the accuracy and practicality of social science. bit.ly/4o0gwPJ

New paper! What happens when abortion laws are driven by xenophobic stereotypes? In the U.S., many states have passed sex-selective abortion bans (SSABs), supposedly to prevent Asian immigrant families from “favoring sons.” But what if these laws don't protect anyone—and instead,

NEW op-ed in the NY Times from Daniel HoSang: bit.ly/4kQpuw9

The Summer Institute in Bioethics hosted Connecticut State Rep. Josh Elliot (D-Hamden) for a mock legislative session in which students presented testimony and fielded questions about a bill on medical aid in dying.

Tylir Fowler presents his theoretical model of electoral competition, which pinpoints voter uncertainty about a mainstream party’s willingness to carry out campaign pledges as a key reason why an accommodation strategy can potentially backfire.

Predoctoral fellow Juliana E Mothersbaugh presents her work on federal intervention and the impact of interpreter access in criminal court.

Who's really running the federal government? Christina M. Kinane has launched an effort to track unconfirmed acting officials. bit.ly/4oqykUg

Our Shiro Kuriwaki contributes to a syndicated TV news story on the Texas redistricting effort. bit.ly/4lprzQ1