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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

Khalil discusses current violence in the Middle East with USA Today

May 20, 2021

See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa

Dutkowsky talks to CNY Central about getting people back to work

Professor Emeritus Don Dutkowsky was interviewed for the CNY Central story, "CNY economic experts weigh in on the ways to bring people back to the workforce." 
May 18, 2021

See related: Labor, United States

Sultana explains why climate, COVID crises need feminism in The Hill

Instead of analyzing the climate change and COVID-19 crises separately, Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, suggests we learn more by looking at how they intersect.
May 18, 2021

See related: Climate Change, COVID-19, United States

Yingyi Ma Weighs in on Lack of AAPI History Taught in Schools in South China Morning Post

Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology and director of Asian and Asian-American Studies, says it’s "actually very common" for students to complete their primary and secondary education with little, if any, attention paid to AAPI-related topics. 
May 17, 2021

See related: Race & Ethnicity, U.S. Education, 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

O'Keefe talks to CNN about Boom Supersonic aircraft

Read more in the CNN article, "Boom Supersonic: 'Anywhere in the world in four hours for $100'."
May 17, 2021

See related: Infrastructure, 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

Steinberg discusses Biden's China policy review in National Interest

In his article, "Brace Yourself for the Outcome of Biden’s China Policy Review," published in the National Interest, University Professor James Steinberg discusses why "there are powerful reasons to sustain the One China policy, but equally powerful reasons to adapt it to meet the realities of today." 
May 14, 2021

See related: China, Foreign Policy, International Agreements

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