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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
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
Maxwell announces new faculty members, department chair
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