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Page: Feed: --- ## [Economist Esther Duflo to Receive 2026 Moynihan Prize](https://www.aapss.org/2026-moynihan-prize-announcement/) _2026-07-15 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Tom Kecskemethy, Executive DirectorThe American Academy of Political and Social Sciencethomask@upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA (July 15, 2026) — The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will award the 2026 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Esther Duflo, an acclaimed economist best known for her work on the microeconomics of economic development and … ## [American Academy of Political and Social Science Announces 2026 Fellowships](https://www.aapss.org/2026-fellows-announcement/) _2026-06-24 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Kecskemethy, Executive DirectorThe American Academy of Political and Social Sciencethomask@upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA (June 24, 2026) — The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has elected three distinguished scholars/public servants as its 2026 Fellows. “The AAPSS is pleased to announce these fellows,” said AAPSS President Sheldon Danziger.… ## [From the AAPSS: Paula D. McClain, Board Chair](https://www.aapss.org/from-the-aapss-paula-d-mcclain-board-chair/) _2026-06-15 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ On June 30, the AAPSS will bid farewell to Paula D. McClain, who has been a member of our board of directors since 2020 and its chair since 2023. Below, she reflects on her time with the AAPSS and shares some early findings from her most recent research. The AAPSS board and staff thank Dr. … ## [Remembering Kenneth Prewitt](https://www.aapss.org/remembering-kenneth-prewitt/) _2026-06-09 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ Political scientist and public servant Kenneth “Ken” Prewitt, the AAPSS’s 2001 Harold Lasswell Fellow and its president from 2015 to 2021, passed away on June 5. Prewitt, 90, was most recently Carnegie Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Born in 1936 in Alton, Illinois, Prewitt received his … ## [The Education of Boys: A Critical Moment for Policy and Research](https://www.aapss.org/the-education-of-boys-a-critical-moment-for-policy-and-research/) _2026-04-22 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ In anticipation of the publication of volume 716 of The ANNALS, Educating Boys: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures, co–special editor Richard V. Reeves previews the volume’s contents and discusses his hopes for improving socioeconomic outcomes for boys and young men by closing gender gaps in education systems. Reeves, the president of the American Institute for Boys … ## [AAPSS Launches Moynihan Prize Capital Campaign with Panel Event: “Entitled to Your Own Facts?”](https://www.aapss.org/entitled-to-your-own-facts-recap/) _2026-02-05 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ On January 13, the AAPSS hosted a panel event in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy. “Entitled to Your Own Facts? Science and Public Policy in a Post-Truth America” united policymakers and social scientists for a dialogue about their shared responsibilities in advancing a fruitful relationship between science and good … ## [From the AAPSS: Michael R. Strain, Board Member](https://www.aapss.org/from-the-aapss-michael-strain-reemployment-bonuses/) _2026-02-03 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ This month, we’re expanding the “Fellows’ Corner” column by welcoming a contribution by economist and AAPSS board member Michael R. Strain with coauthor Duncan Hobbs. If you are an AAPSS Fellow or board member and would like to contribute a post for a future edition of the Dispatch, please contact Jessica Erfer. Reemployment Bonuses: A … ## [Reflecting on 10 Years at the AAPSS](https://www.aapss.org/reflecting-on-10-years-at-the-aapss/) _2026-01-27 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ AAPSS Program Manager Jessica Erfer recently celebrated 10 years at the Academy. The AAPSS thanks her for her service and is delighted to share an essay she recently wrote about her experiences and memories of the past decade. In summer 2015, when my husband and I decided to return to our roots in Philadelphia after … ## [AAPSS Inducts 2025 Fellows](https://www.aapss.org/aapss-inducts-2025-fellows/) _2025-11-19 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ The 2025 Fellows of the AAPSS were inducted on October 30 at a luncheon held in Washington, DC. Xavier de Souza Briggs, Michael Jones-Correa, Goodwin Liu, Sharon Parrott, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, and James P. Ziliak received a warm welcome from AAPSS President Sheldon Danziger, the board of directors, and other fellows as they accepted their fellowships. … ## [Timothy Snyder Delivers 2025 Moynihan Lecture](https://www.aapss.org/timothy-snyder-delivers-2025-moynihan-lecture/) _2025-11-17 · AAPSS Editor · AAPSS_ On October 30, the AAPSS honored Timothy Snyder, winner of the 2025 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, in Washington, DC, at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Snyder accepted the Moynihan Prize and delivered the 2025 Moynihan Lecture on Social Science and Public Policy, titled “Ukrainian Humanity: Rethinking How World History Is Told.” The event … ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ga9j2sbimuBJ) _2025-11-17 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [Want White House Access? Try Crypto!](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/03/25/want-white-house-access-try-crypto/) _2025-03-25 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ Crypto! The currency of choice for criminals, money launderers, kidnappers, influence peddlers, arms/drug/human traffickers, and dictators stuffing their own pockets. Trump & Sons is launching its own cryptocoin. No one is even talking about such quaint notions as corruption or conflict of interest. That’s so over! This White House is For Sale, baby! Even if \[…\] ## [Principles are Nice, but Let’s Talk Turkey…](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/03/22/principles-are-nice-but-lets-talk-turkey/) _2025-03-22 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ Most people probably won’t pay much if any attention to this story, but it is very scary because it is part of a trend where big, wealthy, powerful institutions make concessions to Trump as soon as their financial interests are threatened–when they might not even have to. The road to subservience begins here, and we \[…\] ## [Schumer In His Own Words](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/03/22/schumer-in-his-own-words/) _2025-03-22 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ We should not be surprised that he voted to pass the Trump/Musk spending bill. On Gaza: “Genocide is described as a country or some group tries to wipe out a whole race of people, a whole nationality of people. So if Israel was not provoked and just invaded Gaza and shot at random Palestinians, Gazans, \[…\] ## [Fake Anti-Antisemitism: The Ultimate Defense for a Fascist](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/03/16/fake-anti-antisemitism-the-ultimate-defense-for-a-fascist/) _2025-03-16 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ Columbia University has become ground-zero for MAGA efforts to stifle “liberal bias” on university campuses. The Trump administration has canceled $400 million in federal grants to the university, ostensibly for Columbia’s failure “to protect American students and faculty from antisemitic violence and harassment.” The focus on the university stems from demonstrations on campus last year \[…\] ## [A Day of Infamy–February 28, 2025](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/02/28/a-day-of-infamy-february-28-2025/) _2025-02-28 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ On August 24, 1939, Stalin’s Soviet Union and Hitler’s Germany signed a secret pact that became known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact after its existence came to light after World War II. The agreement divided eastern Europe into two spheres of influence, and both Germany and the USSR pledged not to invade the other’s domain—an agreement \[…\] ## [Serious American Journalism is Slowly Bleeding Out](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/02/26/serious-american-journalism-is-slowly-bleeding-out/) _2025-02-26 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ Today the Washington Post’s senior editor David Shipley resigned in apparent protest over owner Jeff Bezos’ directive that Post editorials henceforth would now advocate for “personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics. The only reasonable interpretation is that criticism of America’s oligarchs is now verboten and that America’s second \[…\] ## [The Silence of the Lambs](https://trumpworldforbeginners.blog/2025/02/25/the-silence-of-the-lambs/) _2025-02-25 · soflanewbie · TrumpWorld for Beginners_ What are we to make of the astounding passivity of the Democrats in the face of Trump’s wanton smashing of America’s rule of law, the federal government, and US foreign policy? What doesn’t the party understand about what is happening? Here’s James Carville’s recommendation in today’s New York Times: “And there’s nothing Democrats can legitimately \[…\]