Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Bifulco quoted in Chalkbeat article on concerns about charter schools
See related: U.S. Education, United States
Reeher weighs in on possible 4th term for Governor Cuomo in Daily Star
See related: New York State, State & Local, U.S. Elections
Lopoo discusses govt policies to increase US fertility rate in Medium
"Think about a professional woman who has completed college and some graduate work and may or may not be married, and if they’re married, they have a partner with a similar income," Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Center for Policy Research, says. "So they’re sort of in the part of their careers where they’re really climbing rapidly."
See related: Child & Elder Care, Government, Labor, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Steinberg quoted in Foreign Policy article on legacy of World War II
See related: Conflict, National Security, United States
Thorson discusses belief echoes on WCNY's Capitol Pressroom
"Corrections of misinformation are constantly being amplified," says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science. People are trying to do something good by correcting the misinformation but in the process they're "pushing it out to more people and potentially causing more belief echoes to arise."
See related: Media & Journalism, United States
Reeher comments on upcoming Democratic debates in The Hill
"It sets up an incentive for candidates to get some attention by throwing out something that will get the media’s attention,” Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says about the crowded Democratic field.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Lovely discusses impact of Trump's tariff threats in TIME
"We had the chance to bring some people back into the workforce who had really been hurt under the recession. And I’m worried that’s going to be jeopardized before those people have a chance to get a full-time job," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.
See related: Economic Policy, Labor, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States
Popp quoted in Washington Post article on taxing carbon
See related: Environment, Taxation, United States
Jamie Winders comments on UNESCO report on artificial intelligence in NY Ag Connection
See related: Autonomous Systems, Gender and Sex, United States
McCormick op-ed on US tariffs against Mexico published in Newsday
"The question we should all ask is whether President Donald Trump’s threat of imposing scaled tariffs on Mexico will go the way he plans—including shutting down the border," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Economic Policy, Latin America & the Caribbean, United States