Public-Facing Writing

Below are links to selected pieces of public-facing scholarship including op-eds, short analytical essays, and policy briefs.

• Luisa S. Deprez and Ryan LaRochelle, “Fears Grow Over Future of Social Infrastructure in a Second Trump Term,” Common Dreams, March 11, 2024.

• Ryan LaRochelle, “Recent Events Show the Strong Need for Joe Biden to Return to the Democratic Impulses of the Great Society,” London School of Economics US Politics and Policy Blog, January 18, 2021.

• Ryan LaRochelle, “Race, Protest, and Democracy in America,” Bangor Daily News, June 30, 2020.

• Ryan LaRochelle, “Decades of Conservative Governance has Worsened the Coronavirus Crisis,” The Washington Post, April 7, 2020.

• Ryan LaRochelle and Luisa S. Deprez, “How Trump Would Gut the Social Safety Net With a Second Term,” Washington Monthly, April/May/June 2020 (special issue on the 2020 election).

• Ryan LaRochelle, “Declining Economic Opportunity and a Shrinking Safety Net: Consequences for Maine,” Maine Policy Review, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2020): pp. 29-31.

• Ryan LaRochelle and Luisa S. Deprez, “Donald Trump’s Assault on the Social Safety Net,” Washington Monthly, February 7, 2020.

• Ryan LaRochelle, ‘The Consequences of a Shredded Social Safety Net,” Bangor Daily News, February 12, 2019.

• Ryan LaRochelle, “How Combining Federal Social Programs into Block Grants May Erode Funding and Foster Inequality,” Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings, January 2019.

• Ryan LaRochelle, “The GOP Plan to Fund Medicaid Through Block Grants will Probably Weaken it,” The Washington Post, January 18, 2017.