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Monnat weighs in on efforts to combat drug overdoses in ConvergenceRI
"We must tackle root causes, which... drive suicide, alcohol-related deaths and more," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Ebner weighs in on claim that likens Trump to Mussolini in PolitiFact
"The term the regime used for land reclamation was ‘bonifica,’" says Michael Ebner, associate professor of history. "In English, it might be translated as ‘reclamation,’ as in land reclamation, but was also used more generally by the regime for reclaiming the race or the state."
Steinberg discusses US-North Korea relations in Voice of America
"What we have seen so far is a fairly responsible attitude from the government here that seems to understand that there is a danger that the North Korea strategy is to drive a wedge between the United States and South Korea," says University Professor James Steinberg.
Murrett discusses the US-North Korea summit with Fox News
"These talks have the ability to reduce security tensions in East Asia and present an opportunity for the U.S. to reinforce the strong links with South Korea, Japan and even China," says Robert Murrett, deputy director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism.
Lovely comments on EU, US trade agreement in Financial Times
Maxwell student Tojeiro discusses participatory healthcare in PA Times
"Public participation in public health systems is one area in which Brazil has been particularly successful," writes Carol Tojeiro M.A. (IR/Econ). She highlights Brazil's diverse local health councils, comprised of citizens, health professionals, civil society members, and other actors from public and private entities, to serve as watchdogs over the health system.
Kriesberg op-ed on nonviolent conflict published on CounterPunch
"Overall, the evidence is clear that social movements seeking substantial change that rely on nonviolent methods are more likely to achieve their objectives than are those movements that resort to violence," says Louis Kriesberg, professor emeritus of sociology. "After all, violence usually prompts counter violence by the more powerful, which suppresses the effort to change the pre-existing conditions."
Lovely weighs in on Trump administration trade threats in Time
"These have morphed into levers, cudgels, whatever you want to call them," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics, about the Trump administration’s trade threats. "We’ll see what’s left in the end."
Monnat quoted in Washington Times article on deaths of despair
"Opioids may have been the spark, but a spark needs kindling in order to ignite," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.