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"Five Questions For ..." Archives

We've posed five questions to the people behind the Urban Institute research. In traditional interview format, our experts talk about the nature of their work, offer insights on what they've learned, and describe the personal goals that keep them going.


 

Recent Interviews

Kathy Pettit Kathy Pettit on the Washington, D.C., region's foreclosure crisis.
Jane Hannaway Jane Hannaway on reforming the teaching profession.
Bowen Garrett Bowen Garrett on how coverage and costs will change over the next 10 years if America's health care system is not reformed.
Olivia Golden Olivia Golden on Reforming Child Welfare and her time as former director of the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency.
photo of Reischauer Robert Reischauer on reining in our massive federal deficits.
photo of Pollak Thomas Pollak on local nonprofits' financial health.
photo of Long Sharon K. Long on Massachusetts's landmark health reform experiment.
 

On Children and Families:

9/18/2009: Olivia Golden on Reforming Child Welfare and her time as former director of the District of Columbia's Child and Family Services Agency.

4/14/2008: Karin Martinson on Responsible Fatherhood Initiatives.

12/6/2007: Rosa Maria Castaneda on immigration raids and their effects on children and communities.

7/5/2007: Ajay Chaudry on child care for struggling families.

3/15/2007: Adam Carasso on federal spending for children's programs.

12/8/2006: Timothy Triplett on lessons learned from the National Survey of America's Families.

9/13/2006: Jennifer Macomber on vulnerable families and what's being done to protect the children.

8/7/2006: Genevieve Kenney on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

6/7/2006: Austin Nichols on child poverty rates.

4/28/2006: Gina Adams on child care subsidies for welfare-to-work parents.

10/8/2004: Olivia Golden on improving children's lives.

On Crime and Prisoners:

5/07/2008: Amy Solomon on helping people exiting jail return to their communities.

9/27/2007: John Roman on violent crime, prevention strategies, and effective criminal justice policy.

11/17/2006: Janine M. Zweig talks about steps to confront sexual violence in prisons. (Updated December 1, 2009)

10/27/2004: Jeffrey A. Butts on Juvenile Drug Courts and Teen Substance Abuse.

On Cultural Vitality:

2/28/2007: Maria Rosario Jackson on cultural vitality.

On Disaster Response and Recovery:

8/7/2006: Bradford Gray on New Orleans-area hospitals after Hurricane Katrina.

5/24/2006: Margery Austin Turner on rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

On District of Columbia:

2/2/2010: Kathy Pettit on the Washington, D.C., region's foreclosure crisis.

1/8/2008: Kathy Pettit on the sixth annual “Housing in the Nation’s Capital” report.

12/8/2006: Peter A. Tatian on District of Columbia housing trends and challenges.

1/27/2005: Eric Twombly on nonprofits in the Washington, D.C. region that serve children and youth.

On Economic and Fiscal Policy:

9/17/2008: Rudolph Penner on fiscal reform.

On Education:

12/29/09: Jane Hannaway on reforming the teaching profession.

On Employment:

1/30/2009: Wayne Vroman on Ohio’s unemployment insurance.

5/6/2005: Beatriz Chu Clewell on moving more women and minorities into science fields.

4/26/2005: Harry Holzer on jobs and workers.

3/1/2005: Pamela Loprest on disabilities and employment.

On Health Policy and Reform:

10/30/2009: Bowen Garrett on how coverage and costs will change over the next 10 years if America's health care system is not reformed.

9/10/2009: Robert Reischauer on reining in our massive federal deficits and why health reform is essential.

6/15/2009: Sharon K. Long on Massachusetts’s landmark health reform experiment.

3/05/2009: John Holahan on Health Care Reform.

9/6/2007: Linda Blumberg on the challenges of health care reform.

8/7/2006: Genevieve Kenney on the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).

9/26/2005: John Holahan on Medicaid reform.

12/22/2004: Robert Berenson on the trends and challenges in health care.

On Housing and Homelessness:

4/22/2009: Mary Cunningham on how to combat homelessness.

4/14/2005: Martha Burt on homelessness in America.

11/9/2004: Susan Popkin on relocated public housing residents.

On Immigrants:

12/6/2007: Rosa Maria Castaneda on immigration raids and their effects on children and communities.

4/12/2007: Everett Henderson on the foreign-born population in Arkansas.

5/13/2005: Randy Capps on the growing number of citizen children in immigrant families.

On Low Income Working Families:

10/25/2007: Marla McDaniel on racial disparities in the well-being of low-income families.

1/11/2006: Gregory Acs on low-income working families.

8/17/2005: Sheila Zedlewski on programs that assist low-income workers.

3/18/2005: Robert Lerman on new initiatives to help low-income families.

On Nonprofit Sector:

7/13/2009: Thomas Pollak on local nonprofits’ financial health.

7/19/2007: Francie Ostrower on nonprofit governance.

10/4/2006: Elizabeth Boris on the 10th anniversary of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy.

4/6/2006: Christy Visher on prisoners returning home.

2/16/2006: Elizabeth Reid on the increasing number of U.S. nonprofits.

On Public Management:

7/17/2006: Olga Kaganova on managing government property.

On Retirement and Social Security:

6/19/2008: Richard Johnson on how retirement is changing. (Updated 11/1/2009)

1/6/2007: Melissa Favreault on reducing poverty through Social Security.

7/25/2005: Rudolph Penner on proposals for individual savings accounts in Social Security.

11/22/2004: Richard Johnson on future retirees and Social Security.

On Subprime Mortgage Crisis:

7/10/2008: G. Thomas Kingsley on the subprime mortgage crisis.

2/1/2007: Edward Gramlich on the benefits and risks of the subprime mortgages offered to lower-income buyers.

On Tax Policy:

5/18/2009: Rosanne Altshuler on tax reform and her experience as chief economist on President Bush's 2005 tax reform panel

12/15/2008: Jeffrey Rohaly on tax modeling and other TPC analyses.

2/7/2008: Roberton Williams on the Tax Policy Briefing Book.

8/8/2007: Eric Toder on tax reform priorities and the social,economic and environmental ramifications of the tax system.

5/23/2006: Kim Rueben on why taxpayers should pay attention to state and local tax policy.

12/1/2005: Len Burman on tax reform.

On Welfare Policy:

8/23/2006: Signe-Mary McKernan and Caroline Ratcliffe on the intersection between welfare policy changes and poverty trends.