Paid family leave is an issue that has taken the spotlight at the national level and in states across the country. In March 2016, only 13 percent of private employees in the United States had access to paid family leave.  Three U.S. states have paid…

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Over the past year, New Hampshire Humanities, a statewide nonprofit aimed at connecting and cultivating communities across cultures, has seen a rise in antagonistic outbursts and verbal attacks during its lecture series, Humanities on the Go. They have tasked us with finding a solution to…

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/sexual-knowledge-sexual-anxieties-middleclass-males-in-western-india-and-the-correspondence-in-samaj-swasthya-192753/4A9663EFD18733032FFD0F357F9CABDB/share/90ac1433c34d4349170f632fe35aedc30f825e92">Modern Asian Studies / Volume 51 / Issue 4 / July 2017</a>Author(s): Douglas Haynes, Shrikant BotreThis article examines letters written by young men to the Marathi-language journal <em>Samaj Swasthya </em>and its editor, R. D. Karve, a major advocate of birth control and sex education…

As the world has become increasingly digital, New Hampshire has stored more information online. Many of the New Hampshire state databases contain sensitive information about individuals, businesses, and property within the state. This report seeks to answer the question posed by Representative Neal Kurk of…

New Hampshire currently houses mentally ill patients considered dangerous to themselves or others in the Secure Psychiatric Unit (SPU) of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men in Concord. Patients are transferred to the SPU from New Hampshire Hospital when the security level of the…

In this report, we value the Connecticut River corridor between Vermont and New Hampshire to analyze the combined economic value the river brings to both states. This report focuses on eight metrics to value the river corridor, including community value-added, recreation, fishing, managed resources, river…

This report seeks to provide a greater assessment of needs across the communities that make up the Upper Valley. New Hampshire and Vermont have a large disparity in socioeconomic success between communities across the region. In the Upper Valley, recognizing the variety of needs can…

Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a new and innovative method of funding public programs. In these programs, an investor provides funding for a public program and is repaid by an outcome funder, usually a government entity, upon the successful completion of the program. This funding…

In this report, we value the Connecticut River corridor between Vermont and New Hampshire to analyze the economic value for the state of Vermont. This report focuses on eight metrics to value the river corridor, including community value-added, recreation, fishing, managed resources, river health, flooding…