Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Thompson discusses progress, role of women in politics on WAER
"We still haven't elected a woman on the national ticket in either party," says Margaret Susan Thompson, associate professor of history and political science. "I think we still have a long way to go before we can talk about equality. But what we're talking about is progress."
See related: Gender and Sex, State & Local, U.S. Elections, United States
Montez-led study linking state policies to life expectancy in the Los Angeles Times
See related: Longevity, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Pralle discusses the climate crisis on WAER
"We need to stop burning fossil fuels and we know when we need to do it," says Sarah Pralle, associate professor of political science.
See related: Climate Change, United States
Gadarian discusses the Democratic primaries on WAER
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, says that it’s still early to declare an official front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary.
See related: Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Zoli speaks to local media about the death of Qassam Soleimani
See related: Conflict, Middle East & North Africa
Gadarian discusses voter turnout, local elections on WAER
Shana Gadarian, associated professor of political science, Joined WAER's Syracuse Speaks show to discuss the importance of local elections and voter engagement, amid historically low turnout rates in local elections. Central New Yorkers face issues that decide key policy like tax rates, education policy, and district lines this year.
See related: New York State, State & Local, U.S. Elections
Zoli discusses economic warfare with Iran in WAER article
"In a war, you can hurt certain areas of a country, but you usually don't grenade the entire economy. Whereas with economic warfare, you truly can," says Corri Zoli, director of research in the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
See related: Economic Policy, Middle East & North Africa, National Security
Jamie Winders discusses new Autonomous Systems Policy Institute on WAER
See related: Autonomous Systems, New York State, School History
Launch of Autonomous Systems Policy Insitute featured by local, national and international media
See related: Autonomous Systems, New York State, School History
Zoli analyzes immigration debate on WAER
"If Congress had done a better job at clarifying immigration rules, laws, and statutes, which have been in need of reform for the last decade plus, then we wouldn't have this level of resorting to politicizing this issue because it would be clarified in the law," says Corri Zoli, research assistant professor of political science.