Don Lichterman

Across the United States, the census is treated as a cornerstone of democracy. Every ten years the nation undertakes the monumental task of counting every resident to determine political representation, federal funding allocation, and the demographic realities that shape national policy for the decade that follows. Yet buried inside this process is a longstanding structural

Across the United States, criminal justice reform has evolved into one of the defining public policy debates of the modern era. Over the past two decades, reform movements have gained traction in cities, states, and federal institutions alike, fueled by growing awareness of mass incarceration, racial disparities in sentencing, and the social and economic costs