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Kriesberg op-ed on MLK Jr., Trump in Huffington Post
"To some degree... both [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Donald Trump] sought to mobilize their potential followers and defeat their adversaries as one waged a struggle for civil rights for African Americans and the other for winning a national presidential election," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology.
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Reeher weighs in on challenges facing Trump in Washington Examiner
Grant Reeher is featured in the Washington Examiner article, where he analyzes the effect of Trump's political maneuvering " According to Reeher, "He [Trump] needs to both challenge the status quo and be able to work within it in order to succeed.
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Sharp op-ed on Electoral College published on Syracuse.com
"The survival of our democracy requires public confidence in the country's institutions—a confidence that has been shaken by this election. Cynicism promotes resignation and non-participation and a dangerous and thoughtless acceptance of facile, misleading and false promises," writes James Roger Sharp, professor emeritus of history.
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Reeher discusses White House hopeful Gillibrand in Lockport Journal
Professor of Political Science Grant Reeher says that presidential candidate Senator Kirsten Gillibrand's drive and focus could make her a "legitimate contender" in 2020.
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Dutkowsky weighs in on Trump's education agenda in DO
Donald Dutkowsky, professor of economics, said that Syracuse University has been mostly self-sustaining for many years with funding primarily from tuition and donations, and that President Trump's education policies will not necessarily be a big player in SU’s operations.
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Reeher discusses Trump's transition style in Washington Examiner
"There's no reason to think that once elected, he [President Trump] would turn on a dime and act like all previous president-elects, when he did not act like previous candidates," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
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Burman paper on 2016 US presidential candidates and the economy published in Intereconomics
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Shi study on cross-cutting messages and voter turnout published in Political Communication
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