Maxwell School News and Commentary
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McCormick Discusses the Impact of Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico in Business Insider, NBC News Articles
“The consequences of pushing the Mexican economy into a forced and deep recession is that, if anything, it will actually make people have to resort to informal economic activity, which oftentimes is illicit,” says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Federal, International Affairs, Latin America & the Caribbean, Tariffs, Trade, United States
Gadarian Speaks With NBC News About Speculation of Additional Attacks in US Like Those in Israel
It’s human nature to seek out information about additional threats in the days after an attack like the ones in Israel, so that people can avoid risk and reduce their anxiety, says Shana Gadarian, professor and chair of political science . But many of the social media posts circulating this week aren’t helpful, she says, because they don’t include a specific solution.
Gueorguiev Quoted in NBC News Article on India Overtaking China as World’s Most Populous Country
What matters to China is consumer and investor confidence, "so it is not hard to see why Chinese officials are pushing back on the argument that a population decline spells economic decline," says Dimitar Gueorguiev, associate professor of political science.
See related: China, India, International Affairs
Montez Discusses New Research on Link Between Policy and Mortality Rates With NBC News, USA Today
If states had adopted liberal policies across the board, University Professor Jennifer Karas Montez and her co-authors calculated that 171,030 lives would have been saved in 2019 alone; on the flip side, conservative policies in all states would have led to an additional 217,635 working-age deaths.
See related: Health Policy, Longevity, United States
White Study on Exposure to Historical Information on Racial Inequality Featured in NBC News Article
"Historical information and beliefs about racial inequality," co-authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Steven White, was featured in the NBC News article, "Teachers say in new survey they’re being told not to talk about racism and race."
See related: Civil Rights, Education, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Brockway Discusses the Need for a Framework to Describe the Far-Right in NBC News Piece
"January 6, Trump and the rise of America's dangerous 'shadow gospel'," co-authored by Mark Brockway, a faculty fellow in political science, was published by NBC News.
See related: Government, Media & Journalism, Religion, United States
Garcia, Lerner Center Research on COVID and the Latino Mortality Advantage Cited in NBC News Story
A recent Lerner Center research brief co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia was cited in the NBC News article, "Covid-19 narrows long-standing Latino mortality advantage, study finds."
See related: COVID-19, LatinX, Longevity, United States
Lovely discusses India's COVID crisis, US textile imports with NBC
See related: COVID-19, India, Trade, United States
Banks discusses the National Guard monitoring protests with NBC News
See related: Government, United States
Banks explains the FISA warrant process in NBC News article
Probable cause is much lower than the reasonable doubt the standard required to convict someone of a crime. "It's the probability of a possibility," says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
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