Pegasus Institute

In Louisville, Kentucky, we could see 1.16 fewer homicides a month for every 1,000 additional instances of SIPA.

By Erinn Broadus COVID has shocked the global economy and forced thousands of business owners to close their doors. A pivotal element of...

This fall, we must make getting all of our kids back into in-person schooling a priority. Schools in Denmark, Austria, Norway, Finland,...

By Erinn Broadus The end of July signaled the end of the weekly $600 unemployment checks many have been receiving. This deadline has been...

The last few months presented America’s justice system with many unprecedented challenges. As our public safety officials worked to...

By Josh Crawford Despite the media’s constant attention to the “defund the police” campaign, the movement remains extremely unpopular. A...

For many years, America's largest cities saw decreasing crime rates. Places that once suffered from thousands of homicides, like New York...

By Courtney Spencer On May 14th of this year South Carolina was the 43rd state to pass a ban on shackling of pregnant women in prison...

Across the country, a number of cities, especially Louisville, are dealing with some of their most violent months in history. As of July...

By Austin Dillon New data compiled by Americans for Tax Reform shows drastic growth in Kentucky’s state budget in the past eighteen...

Even as states begin to loosen restrictions, KY is 2nd in the nation for the percentage of the labor force that has filed for unemployment.

On September 9, 1919, after an overwhelming vote by officers in favor of striking the day before, nearly 80% of the Boston Police...

The American system of government is a calculated structure of limited and separate governmental powers. In times of emergency, however,...

There have been ample callbacks throughout the coronavirus pandemic to the Greatest Generation. Though working from home is hardly...

As Kentucky begins its gradual reopening from the COVID-19 shutdown, many of the consequences of sheltering in place become more...

Three weeks ago, Tennessee seemed to be weathering COVID-19 better than Kentucky – with greater numbers of tests administered and fewer...

As states begin to reopen and policymakers begin to shift their focus from solely fighting COVID-19 to also fighting the economic and...

As we approach the end of the second month of the Great Pause, a clearer picture has emerged of violent crime during this period....

Despite being a southern state in every way imaginable, with a culture completely consistent with that of the Upper South, a shared...

The coronavirus has catapulted the number of unemployment claims in the United States to the highest numbers in recorded history....