Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Yinger comments on NY property assessments in Syracuse.com article
"New York is all over the place,’" says John Yinger, Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs. "It has one of the craziest [property assessment] systems in the country."
See related: Housing, New York State, Taxation
White quoted in NY Post article on Warren's segregationist gaffe
"Regarding [Elizabeth] Warren’s use of [Frances] Perkins in her speech tonight: I just want to note that this [Perkins' opposition to the Brown v. Board of Education verdict] is something Perkins said near the end of her life, was buried in an extremely long academic oral history interview, and isn’t really public knowledge," says Steven White, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Race & Ethnicity, SCOTUS, U.S. Education, United States
Popp article on climate policy published in Newsweek
See related: Climate Change, Government, Taxation, United States
Gueorguiev comments on US-China trade talks, Huawei in Washington Examiner
"If differentiating the Huawei issue into trade and security strands makes it politically more palatable for the Trump administration to make a limited deal that lifts the ban on non-security related Huawei transactions, it is hard to see what the Chinese side stands to gain from not playing along," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, assistant professor of political science.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Monmonier weighs in on Trump's NOAA map manipulation in CityLab
"It’s probably indicative of the special respect for maps, that he [President Trump] thought that his alteration of this map would take precedence over the facts that were already printed on it," says Distinguished Professor of Geography Mark Monmonier. "We need to be ever more vigilant of the way in which maps might be altered, disrespected, or suppressed."
See related: Maps, United States
Gadarian discusses attitudes on immigration in Quartz article
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, says the fact that Trump has turned immigration into such a partisan issue has likely increased support for immigrants among many Americans. "On the whole, people’s attitudes have become more supportive of immigration," she says.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Immigration, United States
Jackson featured in Medium article on imposter syndrome
"By labeling every single moment of self-doubt expressed by women, primarily those of color, as impostor syndrome, we flatten the complexities and pervasiveness of White Supremacy and patriarchy," writes Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Gender and Sex, Mental Health, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Lovely discusses US-China trade war with Business Insider, Marketplace
"Higher taxes on these goods are likely to be highly regressive, in that lower and middle class Americans spend a higher portion of their income on these Chinese imports than do higher income Americans," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Banks comments on southern border wall funding in Vox article
"It’s possible for Congress to enact—over a veto—funding restrictions on this or new funds that the president wants or needs. There’s lots of horse trading to come," says Professor Emeritus William Banks.
See related: Congress, U.S. Immigration, United States
MPA student Wesley Wilson writes about the 90/10 loophole in The Hill
See related: U.S. Education, United States, Veterans