Maxwell School News and Commentary
Bendix explores solutions to the western wildfire crisis in The Hill
"Recognition of the multiple contributors to the wildfire crisis should enable us to move past the focus on simple solutions — one size does not fit all, and reducing fire impacts will require a mix of approaches that match the geographic and ecological complexity of fire regimes," writes Jacob Bendix, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Natural Disasters, United States, Wildfires
Sultana participates in international event on climate research
Farhana Sultana, associate professor of geography and the environment, participated in "Intersectionality and Climate justice: Towards an Emancipatory Climate Research Agenda," an event organized by the Centre for Climate Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University. The international webinar brought together critical scholars interested in climate justice and intersectionality with the aim of exploring common threads between the two concepts.
See related: Climate Change
Gadarian discusses the effect of anxiety on political behavior on KGOU
See related: COVID-19, Political Parties, United States
Lovely speaks to BNN Bloomberg, Politico about Trump's use of tariffs
"Short-term fixes like tariffs don’t work," says Professor Mary Lovely. She claims that the large U.S. trade deficit is fundamentally driven by larger economic factors—like the fact Americans spend more than they save and have to borrow from abroad to finance the difference.
See related: Economic Policy, Federal, Trade, United States
Banks expresses concern about election aftermath in Spectrum News article
"On a scale of one to 10, I’d say my worry is about a nine," says William Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs. "There are several plausible scenarios that could cause this election to go off the rails."
See related: U.S. Elections, United States
Thompson discusses impact of Trump's health with CNY Central, KPCC
See related: COVID-19, Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
Gadarian speaks to FiveThirtyEight, WAER about Trump's diagnosis
"Attitudes and behaviors around COVID-19 have become really concrete at this point — it will take a lot to move them in a significant, lasting way," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.
See related: COVID-19, Federal, U.S. Elections, United States
Monnat reacts to Amazon tracking opioid use in VICE article
"This is news to me, and it's disturbing," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "I asked around to other drug experts I know, and none of them knew this was happening. I am a bit shocked but shouldn't be. Corporations increasingly have access to a litany of data and know more about us than anyone else."
See related: Opioids, United States
White quoted in Los Angeles Times article on mistruths surrounding Trump's health
See related: COVID-19, Federal, U.S. Immigration, United States
Faricy piece on the obstacle to reforming tax code published in New York Times
Chris Faricy, associate professor of political science, argues that the main obstacle to reforming the tax code is not President Donald Trump, but rather the upper-middle-class American voter.
See related: Taxation, United States