Maxwell School News and Commentary

Children today face three serious mental health crises: death from drugs, alcohol and suicide, says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "They’re much bigger societal issues that need to be addressed quickly or they’re going to manifest into something much more serious and then we’re going to be in big trouble not just now but decades to come."

"If Democrats want universal adult voter registration, nonpartisan electoral districting and mandatory disclosure of election-related spending, they would probably have to embed those requirements in the Constitution as well," writes Thomas Keck, Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics.

According to Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science, the resignation of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif "points to the fact that the ministry supposedly in charge of steering Iranian foreign policy is structurally in competition with powerful coteries that encroach upon its territory."

"Now a majority of people opt to start claiming at 62," says John Palmer, university professor and dean emeritus, about social security benefits, in an article for the U.S. News & World Report.

"Moving forward, it is incredibly important for China to rebalance its domestic economy toward greater consumption while maintaining a commitment to openness," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor political science.