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Harrington Meyer discusses benefits of Fresh Air Fund in Democrat & Chronicle article
"Initially created to give children a break from the dirty smokestacks of NYC, the Fresh Air Fund now emphasizes giving children from underserved communities a break from drugs, violence, or gangs," writes University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer.
See related: Children, Adolescents, New York City, Urban Issues
Lopoo quoted in Medium article on immigration policy, fertility
"If we see fewer immigrants coming to the U.S., or if we start to restrict the immigrants who come in to those who look a lot like middle-class Americans, with respect to fertility rates, we’re going to see completely different fertility rates in the United States," says Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: Parenting & Family, U.S. Health Policy, U.S. Immigration
Faulkner quoted in The Nation piece on origins of the American boycott
Lucretia Mott, a feminist activist who was involved in the slavery abolition movement, believed that "you have to change the way people think and feel about slavery, not the way that they vote" analyzes Carol Faulkner, associate dean and professor of history.
See related: Human Rights, Labor, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Taylor comments on the Moscow pro-democracy protests in Vox article
See related: Conflict, Government, Russia, Social Justice
Lovely discusses costs of US-China trade war on Knowledge@Wharton
"We’re going to see permanently higher prices because the system as a whole will be less efficient," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely. "President Trump’s actions are cementing firms’ view that this is going to go on for a long time."
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Bhan discusses the conflict in Kashmir with Al Jazeera, BBC News
Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology and Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies, says that the resistance to India's revocation of Articles 370 and 35A "depends of course on this massive military influx of the Indian forces into Kashmir territory and how that's going to pen out, how people are going to be able to navigate this new terrain of intense militarization."
See related: Conflict, Government, India, National Security
Zoli comments on US travel warnings in WZTV article
See related: Government, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Thompson quoted in NY Times article about nuns and slavery
"A lot of communities now are very committed to dealing with issues of racism, but the fact is their own history is problematic," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science. "They’re beginning to confront their own racism, and their own complicity in the racism of the past."
See related: Labor, Race & Ethnicity, Religion, United States
Reeher weighs in on Obama's criticism of Trump in The Hill
"Obama can say things that will be heard differently from the Democratic candidates for president," says Professor Grant Reeher. "He has the role of former president and that de facto gives you a statesmanlike role. And he fills that role in the way he expresses himself."
See related: Federal, Political Parties, United States
Steinberg discusses Good Friday Agreement on War on the Rocks podcast
University Professor James Steinberg explained how the parties involved were able to come to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, which allowed all of them to preserve their most important positions while finding space for compromise in order to end the violence.
See related: Crime & Violence, Europe, Government, International Agreements