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Harsher Penalties Won’t Stop Gun Violence in DC Last month, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser announced plans to partner with federal prosecutors to shift prosecution for certain “felon-in-possession” firearm offenses out of the local DC court system and into the federal justice system.Dismantling the Harmful, False Narrative That Homelessness Is a Choice This myth enables apathy and maintains the nation’s status quo of too many people experiencing homelessness in an affordable housing crisis.How Cloud Computing Is Taking Our Tax Policy Analysis to New Heights (and Speeds) Cloud computing allows us to test thousands of tax policy variations in just a few hours.New Data Confirm the Urgency of Addressing the Expiration of the GSE Patch The "GSE patch" disproportionately benefits minority and lower-income borrowers.With Policy in Flux, What Does the Evidence Say about Campus Sexual Assault Reporting? The Department of Education’s policies on campus sexual assault are not set in stone, leading to variance in adjudication.The Robots Are Coming. Career Pathways Programs Can Help Us Prepare. Career pathways have the potential to lead low-skill workers to higher-quality jobs over time.