Manhattan Institute

Are “percent plans” really a race-neutral approach to college admissions? A new Manhattan Institute issue brief by Renu Mukherjee takes a deep dive into the policy and finds that, far from being truly meritocratic, they often function as affirmative action by another name.

The Manhattan Institute’s Law School Associate program is a 10-12-week program that offers law school students the opportunity to work directly with its Constitutional Studies and Legal Policy teams. The Institute is a lean, dynamic, and intellectually driven environment rich with critical thinking and scholarship. Students are put in a position to meaningfully advance the Institute’s mission through research, scholarly writing, journalism, and outreach. Learn more:

Big-city elections have a unique problem: they are dominated by a single party, providing little incentive for party leaders to address constituents’ needs. A new Manhattan Institute report proposes a way for urban America to break out of this unresponsive political status quo. Scholars John Ketcham and Jack Santucci propose a new-to-America electoral system called party-list proportional representation, which lets voters choose between slates of candidates, and parties win seats in proportion to their share of the vote. Will party-list PR result in a chaotic explosion in the number of political parties? That’s not likely. Here’s why: https://lnkd.in/e3mErHCr

The Manhattan Institute’s Law School Associate program is a 10-12-week program that offers law school students the opportunity to work directly with its Constitutional Studies and Legal Policy teams. The Institute is a lean, dynamic, and intellectually driven environment rich with critical thinking and scholarship. Students are put in a position to meaningfully advance the Institute’s mission through research, scholarly writing, journalism, and outreach. Law School Associates are paired with the Director of Constitutional Studies and Director of Legal Policy to assist with research, drafting, editing, and external outreach. Associates will participate in strategic departmental meetings, events, seminars, and policy discussions that assist in advancing their long-term potential and career goals. Over the course of the program, Associates will have the opportunity to work directly with prominent scholars such as Ilya Shapiro, Jim Copland, Chris Rufo, and Rafael Mangual, among others. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3FnxIwL

The Bigger Apple newsletter is MI's weekly, common sense lens on NYC politics and policy by Liena Zagare. Each issue delivers a clear and concise brief on the challenges facing City Hall, the contentious mayoral election, and how local and federal policies affect New Yorkers. Subscribe the Bigger Apple for free here: https://bit.ly/41FCnSc

NYC’s new Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan is ambitious, but can it deliver? A new Manhattan Institute issue brief from Eric Kober points out serious flaws that could undermine it.

The Manhattan Institute is committed to bold, evidence-based research and uncovering the facts — no matter how uncomfortable. Leor Sapir reveals the truth about gender transition surgeries on minors, and how these life-altering procedures are endorsed on ideology — not science. Watch the full video and sign up for our newsletters to stay tuned for more: https://bit.ly/3FlL0dd

NYC schools are in crisis—many students are just not showing up. A new Manhattan Institute issue brief by Danyela Souza Egorov explains why it matters and what we can do about it: https://bit.ly/41H8QbY

The current federal civil service system is inefficient, protects poor performers, and creates massive bureaucratic obstacles to effective government operations. Layoffs by President Trump and DOGE have only intensified the debate. But radical civil service reform is possible. Many states have already achieved it. A new Manhattan Institute report by Judge Glock and Renu Mukherjee reveals the lessons state have for federal-level reform. https://bit.ly/41hVEc4

WATCH: MI fellow Rafael Mangual testifies before the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee in support of a common-sense constitutional amendment to protect the public from dangerous criminals awaiting trial.