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Burman comments on rising national debt in Christian Science Monitor
See related: Economic Policy, Infrastructure, United States
Stonecash discusses what drives polarization in Christian Science Monitor
Polarization will also likely exist long after President Donald Trump has left the stage, says Jeffrey Stonecash, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science. "A fundamental argument coming out of the Democratic Party is that things are not fair. You have a Republican Party making a moral argument that’s fundamentally different...that it’s not about ‘fairness,’ it’s about who’s more deserving," he writes.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
D'Amico quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on the 2020 UN General Assembly
See related: International Governmental Organizations, United States
Harrington Meyer quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on working parents, COVID-19
See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, United States
Banks discusses the Insurrection Act with Christian Science Monitor, Military.com
"You want to come to the aid of the states when states can’t take care of themselves," says Professor Emeritus William C. Banks, about President Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act.
See related: Federal, State & Local, U.S. National Security, United States
O'Keefe talks to Christian Science Monitor about commercial spaceflight
"It’s an important inflection point, if you will, of now seeing the opportunity for commercial transportation of humans into space," says University Professor Sean O’Keefe, former administrator of NASA. "This is much akin to the transition when the first civil aviation aircraft took off decades ago after many decades of it being exclusively a public endeavor."
See related: Space Exploration, United States
Gadarian discusses partisan divide around COVID-19 with Christian Science Monitor
“People are taking their cues from political leadership and from doctors, and to the extent that those are different, people will turn to their more trusted sources,” says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
See related: COVID-19, Political Parties, United States
Lovely quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on impact of COVID-19 on globalization
Professor Mary Lovely was interviewed for the Christian Science Monitor about the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on creating a more globalized world, while other professionals argue less globalization impact.
See related: COVID-19, Economic Policy, International Affairs, United States
Lovely discusses Phase 1 US-China trade deal with Agence France Presse, NPR, Reuters
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Harrington Meyer discusses intensive grandparenting in Christian Science Monitor article
"Historically, grandparents have always provided care," says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer. "What we’re seeing now is grandparents providing care that looks a lot more like parenting: more hours and more tasks."
See related: Child & Elder Care, United States