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RSF author Elizabeth Suhay, Debating the American Dream, on why politicians aren’t more sensitive to public preferences on fixing the U.S. economy.
thehill.com/opinion/camp...

Opinion | Trump’s Smash-and-Grab Presidency Reaches New Heights

RSF grantee Brendan Nyhan cited in NY Times article on Trump’s intentionally disruptive actions & policies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/o...

Opinion | Mass Hysteria. Thousands of Jobs Lost. Just How Bad Is It Going to Get?

RSF grantee & former trustee Lawrence Katz cited in NY Times article on the looming effects of A.I. on the U.S. labor market.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...

Trying to Live on the USDA's $3 Diet (w/ Colleen Heflin) The Trump White House says Americans can eat healthy meals for about $3 a serving.

RSF author Colleen Heflin interviewed on The Bulwark on trying to eat healthily on the USDA’s $3 per serving diet.
www.thebulwark.com/p/trying-to-...

Opinion | Five Americans on Going Broke Paying for Their Health Care

Former visiting journalist Tracie McMillan pens NY Times op-ed on the unsustainably high cost of health insurance for average Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/o...

Opinion | Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump

RSF grantee/author Harry Holzer cited in NY Times on how Trump calling the affordability issue a “hoax” may backfire on him.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Experts Say SNAP’s Food Budget Doesn’t Match How People Actually Eat

RSF grantee/former visiting scholar James Ziliak cited in NY Times on the persistent inadequacies of the federal SNAP program.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/d...

Doctoral students! We now offer grants under our Dissertation Research Grants program.

Meet Anwuli Okwuashi (St. Louis University), a 2025 DRG grantee! She will examine how limited access to banks widens racial homeownership gaps.

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www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...

Good afternoon, #APPAM25! The Russell Sage Foundation booth is open. Stop in for a look at our latest research and you might meet an RSF author. This is Michael Lens, author of the recently published Where the Hood At?

Happy Friday #APPAM2025!

Stop by booth 307 for a look at Colleen Heflin and Madonna Harrington Meyer’s new book, Food for Thought, and to receive a 25% discount on all RSF publications!

Good morning, #APPAM25!

Visit our booth in the exhibit hall to browse our latest books and journals and learn about upcoming grant and writing opportunities. You might even meet an RSF author, like Jane Waldfogel or Zachary Parolin!

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What happens to the kids? Fearing deportation, immigrant parents make contingency plans. More than 4 million U.S. families have mixed immigration status. As the Trump administration continues to ramp up deportations, many of these families are preparing emergency plans.

RSF author Joanna Dreby, Surviving the ICE Age, interviewed on NPR’s “Morning Edition” on how immigrant parents are trying to protect their children.
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...

COMMENTARY: Los Angeles Unified’s charter school war harms everyone. It’s time to stop Charter school fights in Los Angeles are not really about control of space, but about money. In terms of student outcomes, the deeper concern is the wasted time, energy, resources and dedication that ...

RSF author Jennifer Hochschild pens op-ed for EdSource on the politics of charter schools in the LA Unified School District.
edsource.org/2025/lausd-c...

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

RSF author Colleen Heflin, Food for Thought, cited in the Wall Street Journal on the Trump administration’s cancellation of annual survey on hunger in the U.S.
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

RSF grantees Lawrence Katz & Matthew Notowidigdo cited in NY Times on growing rate of unemployment among college-educated workers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

Hello #APSA2025! We hope you're enjoying Vancouver!

This is RSF author Elizabeth Suhay with her new book, Debating the American Dream. Learn more about it in our Virtual Booth, which highlights our latest political science books.

Click here: www.russellsage.org/welcome-apsa...

The Poverty Rate Was Stable Last Year, as Household Income Grew Slightly

RSF grantees Luke Shaefer & Megan Curran cited in NY Times on release of annual poverty statistics in U.S.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/b...

Study May Undercut Idea That Cash Payments to Poor Families Help Child Development

NY Times reports on RSF-supported research by Greg Duncan showing that years of monthly cash payments did nothing to boost children’s well-being.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

What if You Can’t Believe the Official Numbers?

RSF journal issue editor Erica Groshen cited in The New York Times on the importance to the U.S. economy of impartial data collection and analysis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...

Big Business and Wall Street Need to Stand Up for Honest Data In nominating an inexperienced MAGA partisan for commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Donald Trump is chipping away at an essential foundation of the American economy.

RSF journal issue editor Erica Groshen cited in The New Yorker on the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the importance to the U.S. economy of impartial data analysis.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

More authors at #ASA2025! Ernesto Castañeda with his book Reunited, co-authored with Daniel Jenks. Come by booth 625 to browse this book and many others and receive a 25% conference discount!
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Good morning #ASA2025! We're in the exhibit hall today until 4pm. Stop by, say hi, and come take a look at Joanna Dreby's new book, Surviving the ICE Age.

We're at #ASA2025! Stop by booth 625 to see our latest publications and to grab free copies of our journal!

Opinion | ‘Trump Owns It All Now’

RSF grantees Donald Moynihan, Theda Skocpol & Brendan Nyhan cited in NY Times article on how Trump is undermining U.S. democracy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/opinion/trump-authoritarianism-republican-party-democracy.html

Opinion | We Warned About the First China Shock. The Next One Will Be Worse.

RSF grantees David Autor & Gordon Hanson write for NY Times on China’s increasing dominance in cutting-edge technology research & development.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o...

Opinion | The Real Meaning of Mamdani’s Stunning Victory

RSF grantee & author John Mollenkopf cited in NY Times analysis of Zohran Mamdani’s upset victory in the NYC mayoral primary.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

RSF author Jennifer Hochschild pens op-ed for The Chicago Tribune on

RSF author Jennifer Hochschild pens op-ed for The Chicago Tribune on Chicago’s persistent public pension debt.
www.russellsage.org/news/rsf-aut...

Opinion | The GOP wants to expand the child tax credit — but not for poor kids Even a proposal meant to benefit children would cut out low-income households.

RSF author Jane Waldfogel pens op-ed for the Washington Post on how the GOP tax bill will cut critical services for low- and middle-income children.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Tax Credit Increase Would Exclude Millions of Low-Income Children, Study Finds

New RSF book by Jane Waldfogel, Child Benefits, cited in NY Times article on how millions of low-income children will be excluded from tax credit benefits under new Republican spending bill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/u...

Opinion | Republicans Will Use Paperwork to Kick Americans Off Health Care

RSF authors Pamela Herd & Donald Moynihan pen op-ed for NY Times on how the Republican spending bill aims to decrease Medicaid rolls through increased administrative burdens on recipients.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...