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Reeher weighs in on Trump's removal of US troops in Syria in the Hill
"Even among his customary allies and supporters, there has been pretty blunt criticism, not only of the policy choice but of the way it was done and the way it is continuing to be done," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science, of the troop withdrawal in Syria.
See related: Middle East & North Africa, U.S. National Security, United States
Banks speaks to CNN about Trump's comments about Rep. Adam Schiff
"Rep. [Adam] Schiff is protected by the Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution from being questioned 'in any other place,'" said William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. "The protection clearly extends to the offending Tweets."
See related: Congress, Federal, Media & Journalism, United States
McCormick weighs in on arrest, release of El Chapo's son in Reuters
"What is incontrovertible is that the Sinaloa Cartel won yesterday’s battle," said Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history and Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations. "Not only did they get the government to release Ovidio, they demonstrated to the citizens of Culiacan as well as the rest of Mexico who is in control."
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean
Lovely interviewed by CBS News on the US-China trade deal
"Even with the enormous emphasis President Trump places on restarting U.S. agricultural exports to China, details about the pace of expected Chinese purchases of $40 billion to $50 billion of American farm products are murky," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, International Agreements, Trade, United States
Elizabeth Cohen discusses her book Citizenship on New Books Network
"Citizenship" (Polity Books, 2019), co-authored by Elizabeth Cohen, professor of political science, takes the reader through the authors' approaches to the concept of citizenship and begins by highlighting how it is not always or often consistently applied and understood.
See related: Civil Rights, United States
Burman discusses the cost of Warren's Medicare for All in the Atlantic
Leonard Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, says raising significantly more tax revenue to fund Medicare for All "is plausible in the sense that it is theoretically possible. But the revolution that would come along with it would get in the way."
See related: Federal, Taxation, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Thompson examines the meaning of success in religious life in Global Sisters Report
See related: Religion, United States
Lovely discusses the latest in US-China trade talks with Business Insider, NPR, The Week
"We have to remember that every other country in the world will be doing business with China. That puts our companies at a severe disadvantage in doing business," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Zhu weighs in on fossil fuel divestment in Harvard Crimson
Maria Zhu, assistant professor of economics, says that the University of California’s decision could be "a sign that the tides are shifting" on universities’ economic views of investing in fossil fuels. “If it has a positive impact, I do believe more schools will eventually divest for financial reasons, given that most of them tend to think social implications of divesting are positive or neutral at worst."
See related: Environment, U.S. Education, United States
Jackson discusses forgiveness after violence on WNYC's The Takeaway
"What's happening, at least in my research, is that young people have been organizing for a great deal of time. And what they've been saying is that, you know, enough is enough," says Jenn Jackson, assistant professor of political science.
See related: Black, Crime & Violence, United States