Maxwell School News and Commentary
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Zwick discusses Uber, Lyft drivers strike in Agence France Presse
Austin Zwick, assistant teaching professor of public affairs, says the job actions are an attempt to shift the balance of power between drivers and platforms, which now have the power to arbitrarily determine compensation and benefits. "The joint strike plus boycott strategy appear unlikely to succeed nationally as it does not appear that all drivers and passengers are unified behind the cause."
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Lovely discusses US-China trade, tariffs on Bloomberg, CGTN
"It’ll hit the pocketbooks of the working class hard," Professor Mary Lovely said about Trump's recent trade-war threat to increase tariffs.
See related: China, Economic Policy, Trade, United States
Reeher weighs in on Pelosi's comments about Trump in The Hill
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Launch of Autonomous Systems Policy Insitute featured by local, national and international media
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Dutkowsky discusses latest jobs report on TD Ameritrade Network
"It's just about all good," says Donald Dutkowsky, professor of economics, about the recently released jobs report.
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Lopoo quoted in TIME article on paid family leave
Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs, was interviewed for the TIME article "Paid Family Leave Has Stalled in Congress for Years. Here's Why That's Changing.". Lopoo was asked about the political dimensions of Paid family leave, and why it has stumped congress for years.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Income, United States
SU establishes new institute for autonomous systems policy
The institute will examine the complex social, ethical and legal questions that demand interdisciplinary, multi-faceted research to find answers to questions posed by the increasing reliance on autonomous systems.
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Reeher discusses Trump, 2020 election, border crisis in The Hill
“He is deeply dug in on this,” said Grant Reeher, professor of political science, about President Trump's immigration policy. “There are things that candidates and office-holders are particularly known for and they stake their identities on. He is clearly one of them, on this issue.”
See related: Latin America & the Caribbean, U.S. Elections, U.S. Immigration, United States
Art exhibit curated by Susan Wadley featured in Syracuse New Times
The exhibit titled "From Gods to Social Justice," was curated by Susan S. Wadley, Ford-Maxwell Professor of South Asian Studies. Wadley is retiring at the end of May and this is one of her final contributions to Maxwell's community engagement.
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Reeher weighs in on state abortion laws in TIME
Grant Reeher discusses the state politics behind abortion access in the TIme article, "Trump Keeps Talking About Second-Trimester Abortions. Here's What He Gets Wrong." As efforts heat up to ban abortion on a national level, blue states are looking to strengthen their abortion laws, while red states are attemtping to dismantle them. Reeher says these restrive efforts are meant "to be tested in courts."
See related: Abortion, State & Local, United States