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Lewis discusses taxpayer return on investment in WalletHub article
"High taxes do not guarantee good services. Low taxes do not mean unsatisfactory services," says Minchin Lewis, adjunct professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: State & Local, Taxation, United States
Yingyi Ma quoted in South China Morning Post article on Trump's visa rules for foreign students
"A large majority of Chinese students [are] coming to study in the U.S. not for political reasons," says Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology. "What they really want is quality education opportunities, so that they can improve their career prospects, or they can broaden their horizons and really enjoy being in the process of cultivating their global citizenship."
See related: China, Government, U.S. Education, United States
Banks comments on Hong Kong's new national security law in South China Morning Post
"[National security] definitions are a game that all governments play. Pay attention instead to how governments treat their citizens," says William C. Banks, professor emeritus of public administration and international affairs.
See related: China, Government, National Security
Sultana discusses digital learning during the pandemic in Corona Times
"Our challenge is to use the insights and critical reflections of our moment to create critical, anti-racist and inclusive studying spaces, in ways that resist the neoliberal tendency towards policy standardisation and replicable models, and the job cuts that often come with it," writes Associate Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana and her co-authors.
See related: COVID-19, Education, United States
Reeher weighs in on Americans' political dissatisfaction in The Hill
"If the public is fundamentally dissatisfied with where the country is going, that is also going to open up opportunities for different political messages—and different political messengers—to tap that dissatisfaction in different ways," says Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute.
See related: U.S. Elections, United States
Gadarian quoted in LA Times article on GOP politicians and coronavirus
Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science, says people tend to get cues from their elected officials. "The political leaders of the Republican party for a long time have not had a consistent message about what keeps people safe," Gadarian says.
See related: COVID-19, Political Parties, United States
Faulkner discusses the history of protest on CBS This Morning
See related: Civil Rights, United States
Hamersma discusses what data tells us about inequity on local podcast
See related: Research Methods, United States
McCormick discusses violence in Mexico with Al Jazeera, Reuters
"Everything he (Lopez Obrador) has put into place in terms of security has either been amateur or just very papered over in terms of political rhetoric," says Gladys McCormick, Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations.
See related: Crime & Violence, Latin America & the Caribbean
Lovely speaks to Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg about USMCA, China
"The champagne isn’t quite as fizzy as we might have expected—even under the best of circumstances—and there’s trouble coming from all sides," says Professor of Economics Mary Lovely. She adds, "this could be a trade agreement that quickly ends up in dispute and higher trade barriers."
See related: Canada, Economic Policy, International Agreements, Latin America & the Caribbean, Trade, United States