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Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has been lauded for achieving good crime stats in New York City.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Statistics often obscure the full story of drops in crime or unemployment.
Demographer Adam Carstens has a new way to classify states, based on population growth.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Immigration on the coasts and housing boom of the Sun Belt bolster regions' political clout
Edward W. Brooke was the first African-American attorney general in the U.S., then the first popularly elected U.S. senator.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
First African-American senator was a liberal Republican willing to work across the aisle.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
Even in an era of low crime rates, there is a temptation to grant near-unlimited power.
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
It was Christmas for demographers last week, as the U.S. Census Bureau released new data.
Official portrait of former Gov. Jeb Bush from the state of Florida's website
(Un)Conventional Wisdom
Robert David Sullivan
What about the appeal of fresh faces and new ideas? Nah.