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View of United States Capitol down a relatively empty New Jersey Avenue NW
No full textImage taken in the middle of what the creator identifies as New Jersey Avenue NW in daylight. The Capitol Building is visible the end of the street
View of Ben's Chili Bowl on H Street NE
No full textView of a closed Ben's Chili Bowl along H Street NE. Through the window chairs are seen stacked ontop of tables. In the lower right corner a yellow sign reads 'Open Pick-up and Delivery'
2010-15 Gender equality in the US labor markets in the "Great Recession" of 2007-2010
No full textDepartment of Economics. Working Paper Series no. 2010-15. 43 pages.The "Great Recession" of 2007-2009, the worst economic downturn faced by the U.S. economy since the Great Depression, has also come to be known as the "Great Man-cession" in that job loss hit males harder than females. By contrast, this paper argues that the "man-cession" story is far too simple. Using a broad range of indicators from the Current Population Survey (CPS) and taking a historical perspective, we show that several demographic groups have been especially hard hit by the recession, including African American males and females, Hispanic males and females, young females, and families maintained by single women. In addition, the gender gap in unemployment is much smaller once underemployed and marginally attached workers are counted. Data from the Current Employment Statistics cast further doubt on the man-cession story, indicating that women lost over 10 times more jobs in the current recession than in the previous two recessions compared to men, who lost 2.3 times more jobs. Following this review of the trends, the paper surveys federal and state government responses to the needs of workers hardest hit by the recession and concludes that "man-cession" label has led to misidentification of the most vulnerable groups who should be the explicit beneficiaries of economic recovery policies
Does Implementation Apply Meaning to Public Diplomacy? An Analysis of US Public Diplomacy Toward China
No full textPublic diplomacy is primarily defined by scholars as an instrument used by states to communicate with foreign publics, build and manage relationships with them, and influence their perspectives to advance national interests and values and especially achieving foreign policy objectives. According to implementation theory, discretion between the policy goal and practice exists in all policy implementation, so as public diplomacy. Implementation matters to public diplomacy because it suggests an implementing actor’s agency to define and operationalize public diplomacy, which often gives meaning to public diplomacy in the long term. While public diplomacy usually aims to build relationships with foreign publics, its implementation usually produces programs that are different from their original program goals. The gap between public diplomacy’s policy objectives and programs implemented on the ground indicated implementation can influence and apply meaning to public diplomacy. Public diplomacy implementation might not only have led to public diplomacy practices that are significantly different from the original goal but may also affect the degree to which those activities can be successful. Theoretically, discretion is exercised through various mechanisms, such as frontline operators’ preference for means over ends, organizational culture and interests, the measurability of the goal, and resources. Therefore, public diplomacy, as a means to implement foreign policy, is likely to be redefined by these factors through the exercise of discretion in implementation. This dissertation examined implementation discretion in the practice of public diplomacy through cases of the US Department of State and the Department of Defense. The findings of this dissertation suggested that implementation can largely explain and apply meaning to public diplomacy. Through practice, public diplomacy became something else which strayed from its original goal. This result implied that public diplomacy is in the eye of the beholder and its meanings can vary in large degree across different actors.International relationsSchool of International ServiceDegree Awarded: Ph.D. School of International Service. American Universit
Introduction to “Reshaping the world: Rethinking borders”
No full textSocial Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2020, Article number 214, Pages 1-12.This paper provides some historical context to understand border formations. By comprehending how our present system of borders and exclusions function, we can gain a new appreciation for migration. Moreover, it presents arguments for open borders to counter anti-immigrant policies, includes short summaries of relevant research, as well as for each article included in this Special Issue. Together, these articles show how more welcoming policies towards immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers do not threaten popular sovereignty but, conversely, strengthen both democracy and local rights
Hybrid Systems and Hybrid Genres: Exploring U.S. Political Podcast Framing Tactics and Effects
No full textOver the past five years, the medium of podcasting has continued to gain traction and increase in popularity both in the US and around the world. Millions of Americans regularly listen to podcasts and interact with numerous genres and content styles in the process. One particularly powerful and popular genre within this world are political news podcasts. Political news podcasts range in their ideological leaning and discussed topics, but they often blend informative news with some kind of softer stylistic or tonal elements, qualifying many of them as political infotainment that is similar to legacy media forms like conservative talk radio and late night talk shows. Scholars have long debated the merits and detriments of such softer news stylings, and in political spaces especially, this emerging hybridity of genre has potentially persuasive and polarizing consequences. To better understand those dynamics, this dissertation draws on theories of the hybrid media system, framing, persuasion and more. Ultimately, this research is an attempt to better identify which tactics of political news framing and agenda building in the podcast sphere are emerging as commonly held practice, and what some of their effects may be on political attitude and political knowledge for listeners. Research was conducted in two phases. The first involved a qualitative content analysis of rhetorical tactics used in popular US political podcasts. The second phase consisted of an online survey experiment (N=1,541) where two of the most popular frame groups were chosen for further study: humor and opinion. Findings from this research indicate that infotainment frames can have significant effect both on political attitude and political knowledge, and that, when compared to hard news, these infotainment frames are more persuasive and slightly more informative. Further discussion and suggestions for future studies are also included.Communicationexperiment, framing, infotainment, podcast, political attitude, political knowledgeSchool of CommunicationDegree Awarded: Ph.D. School of Communication. American Universit
Speak OUT!: Pride at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2019
No full textThe Humanities Truck in partnership with the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) invited the Pride community to participate in SpeakOUT; designing a button, contributing to our community video diary, and illustrating their experiences with pride by writing and drawing on the walls inside the Humanities Truck. This event took place on June 9, 2019 while the Truck stood on F St NW outside of SAAM. In addition to the video diary, buttons, and pride illustrations, event attendees enjoyed performances by Pretty Boi Drag, Corazon Folklorico DC, and the Salvadoran Trans Folklore Group. The Humanities Truck also took part in DC's Pride parade on June 8, 2019. This collection features images and planning documents from the events
Edith Crutchfield session 1 interview
No full textThis is the first session of a life history interview with Edith Crutchfield. In this interview Ms. Crutchfield primarily discusses her early life in Culpeper, Virginia, before moving to Washington, D.C., at age 17 in 1953. In discussing her upbringing, Ms. Edith talks extensively about her family life with her parents and nine sisters. She talks about her parents work and explains that she and all her sisters began domestic work at age 11. Ms. Edith also discusses her educational experiences at segregated schools in Culpeper and recounts some of her early experiences in Washington, such as attending Miner Teachers College when the school merged with Wilson Teachers College to become the integrated DC Teachers College.Ms. Edith Amanda Crutchfield, born August 28, 1936, is a retired librarian and native of Culpeper, Virginia. Ms. Edith is the daughter of John Duff Grasty and Sarah George Ross Grasty and is one of 10 sisters. She migrated to Washington, D.C. at the age of 17 after finishing high school in Culpeper and has remained in D.C. for the rest of her life. All 10 of Ms. Edith's sisters migrated north after high school and none of them returned to live in Virginia. Ms. Edith initially lived with sisters and other family upon arriving in Washington and attended Howard University for a semester before transfering to Miner Teachers College just as Miner's and Wilson Teachers College were being integrated and combined into DC Teachers College. Ms. Edith had a 30-year career as a librarian in government libraries (FDA and DOJ) and spent the last fifteen years of her career in private libraries of law firms. Ms. Edith married and had one daughter, Debra, who passed away in 2015