Insights and Impact Research, trends, and action

Disruption: Inside the Largest Counterterrorism Investigation in History

Insights and Impact August 2022

Biblio File: Disruption

SIS adjunct professor Aki Peritz takes readers behind the scenes of Operation Overt

pregnant woman cradling her belly and crossing her fingers

Insights and Impact August 2022

After the Fall

Professor Tracy Weitz, one of the nation's leading voices on abortion care, helps us navigate a post-Roe world

Pamela Hess

Insights and Impact August 2022

The Catalyst: Battling Hunger

Former war correspondent Pamela Hess is now leading the charge against food insecurity in DC

Chuck Dickerson

Insights and Impact August 2022

From Familiar Strains, a New American Rhapsody

The pandemic muted the nation's largest predominantly Black youth orchestra, but it's reemerging now with gusto

Into the Forest

Insights and Impact August 2022

Biblio File: Into the Forest

Rebecca Frankel’s page-turner is a 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist

algae on Lake Erie

Insights and Impact April 2022

Water Damage

Filmmaker David Ruck documents Lake Erie's upstream battle against toxic algae

ghost fishing cycle

Insights and Impact April 2022

What Lies Beneath

Even though more than one ton of ghost gear disappears every minute, it is a largely invisible demon

Insights and Impact April 2022

3 Minutes On the Rooney Rule

Professor N. Jeremi Duru explains why the NFL has fumbled its diversity hiring responsibilities

Tony Hillerman: A Life by James Morris McGrath

Insights and Impact April 2022

Biblio File: Tony Hillerman

The prolific writer of detective novels is the subject of James McGrath Morris' latest biography

heart-shaped bandage

Insights and Impact April 2022

Blood Pressure

Some supply chain disruptions mean the difference between life and death