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McCormick comments on violence ahead of Mexico elections in Al Jazeera

"There’s always been violence with elections and electoral cycles especially at the mayoral level where you really see things get heated, but this time it feels like it’s way more than ordinary," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
May 27, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Elections, Latin America & the Caribbean

Thompson talks to CNY Central about the Jan. 6 commission

"The group of people responsible for this is pretty extensive," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science. She was quoted in the CNY Central article, "Bipartisan commission to investigate January 6 attack on U.S. Capitol." 
May 26, 2021

See related: Congress, Crime & Violence, Elections, Government, Political Parties, United States

Faricy explains popularity of US's complex tax code in Fortune

Read more about why these incentives are so popular in the article, "America’s messy tax code is actually quite popular," published in Fortune. 
May 26, 2021

See related: State & Local, Taxation, United States

Executive Education grad serves on panel merging mental health, addiction services

Lisa Hoeschele ’03 M.A. (PA) recently served on a committee guiding a merger of NY's Office of Mental Health and Office of Addiction Services and Supports.
May 17, 2021

See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Mental Health, State & Local, United States

Elizabeth Cohen quoted in TIME article on future of VOICE

The VOICE office was an integral part of the effort to "trawl for anecdotes to then trumpet and publicize because there wasn’t good data to demonstrate that there’s a massive problem with non-citizen criminality," says Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science and expert on immigration.
May 17, 2021

See related: Crime & Violence, Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States

Khalil weighs in on Biden-Netanyahu relationship in USA Today

May 14, 2021

See related: Government, Middle East & North Africa, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States

Van Slyke talks to Capital Tonight about fighting climate change

May 10, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, State & Local, Sustainability, United States

Gadarian talks to WAER about Biden's proposals in speech to Congress

hana Gadarian, associate professor and chair of political science, says the agenda President Joe Biden laid out in his speech to a joint session of Congress is a vision that government can help people and be used for good. 
May 6, 2021

See related: Congress, Federal, United States

Popp Discusses Biden's Infrastructure Plan, Cutting Emissions in Grist

May 6, 2021

See related: Climate Change, Federal, Infrastructure, United States

Reeher discusses political realignment in The Hill

Professor Grant Reeher says, "Political scientists and pundits have been looking for a fundamental realignment now for 50 years. I don’t know what the Mark Twain phrase would be—rumors of a realignment can be greatly exaggerated?"  
May 4, 2021

See related: Economic Policy, Political Parties, United States

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