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Emily Thorson Discusses the Impact of Policy Misinformation on the Science of Politics Podcast
“The media doesn’t tend to cover current policy nearly as much as it covers policy conflict, policy outcomes,” says Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science. “And what that means is that people kind of try to figure it out on their own. They engage in inductive reasoning to try to figure out how social security works, how refugee admission works, and often they get it wrong.”
See related: Government, Media & Journalism, U.S. Elections, United States
Jok Article on the Integration of the East African Community Published in Geeska Afrika
Can the people of the East African Community overcome cross-border suspicions and create a cohesive union of its 302.2 million citizens? Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok explores the obstacles in his article.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Government
McFate Weighs In on the US Military’s Recruiting Problems in Boston Globe Article
“There was a time when people felt that the military didn’t need women, or certain racial minorities. I think we need to be a lot more open-minded about our approach to age as a number,” says Sean McFate, adjunct professor in Maxwell's Washington programs.
See related: Aging, U.S. National Security, United States
DeCorse Quoted in The Guardian Article on the First Archaeological Dig of São Tomé and Príncipe
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Agriculture, Archaeology, Migration, Trade
Taylor Weighs In on Trump’s Ukraine Peace Plan in Newsweek Article
“The idea of a peace plan for Russia's war against Ukraine sounds nice, but the ideas proposed by two Trump advisers would not be acceptable to either Russia or Ukraine,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science and director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Russia, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, United States
Hranchak Talks to The National About the Debate, What She Hopes to Hear About Russia and Ukraine
“In general, I'd like to hear answers or comments, not so much about Ukraine, but about Russia, because it's not Ukraine, but Russia, that poses the biggest challenge today,” says Tetiana Hranchak, visiting assistant teaching professor in the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Russia, U.S. Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, United States
Engelhardt Provides Expertise in CNN Article on Trump’s False Claims During the Debate
“Immigrants tend to be younger and employed, which increases the number of workers paying into the system. Also, they have more children, which helps boost the future workforce that will pay payroll taxes,” says Gary Engelhardt, professor of economics, in response to Trump's statement that Biden will destroy Social Security and Medicare by putting migrants entering the U.S. on the benefits.
See related: Economic Policy, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
Bendix Speaks to the Associated Press About a Study on the Impact of the 2023 Canadian Wildfires
“There is a quite substantial lag between addition of atmospheric carbon due to wildfire and the eventual removal of at least some of it by the regrowing forest. So, over the course of those decades, the net impact of the fires is a contribution to climate warming,” says Jacob Bendix, professor emeritus of geography and the environment.
See related: Canada, Climate Change, Wildfires
Koch Quoted in Newsweek Article on Saudi Arabia’s Global Sports Investments
Natalie Koch, professor of geography and the environment, says the Saudi monarch-in-waiting “is more concerned about selling these projects to his people than he is in selling them to the West. So, all of these big sports investments have to be carefully positioned as somehow contributing to Saudi national interests.”
See related: Government, International Affairs, Middle East & North Africa
Reeher Discusses the Biden-Trump Debate with AFP, The Globe and Mail, The Hill and Newsweek
“Trump seemed to bring almost every issue back to immigration and the harms he asserted were coming from that—that was obviously one of his main strategies. President Biden seemed to address different policy questions more in their own terms. He talked fast and in a staccato, hoarse whisper,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Federal, New York State, Political Parties, State & Local, U.S. Elections, United States