Top Story
| Number of Americans Caught Underpaying Some Taxes Surges 40% |
| The Wall Street Journal featured comments by Kogod Tax Policy Center Director Don Williamson and cited research by Managing Director Caroline Bruckner on gig economy workers for a story about the increase in number of Americans who've not paid their share of taxes. “Some people don't mind paying the toll, especially if their income bunches in the last quarter, and they just owe it for a few months,” Williamson said. Regarding gig economy workers, the article cited Bruckner's research finding that 69% of self-employed workers in the gig economy received no tax information from the platform they used. Williamson also spoke to Bloomberg for a story about how health insurers are coping with the Obamacare tax. (8/11) |
Faculty Authors
| In Venezuela, It's Time to Save Lives |
| Johanna Mendelson-Forman, professor in the School of International Service, authored an article for Newsday about the political shift to a dictatorship in Venezuela. Mendelson-Forman said, “In the coming days and months more Venezuelans will risk their lives at the barricades to protest the demise of their once democratic state.” (8/8) |
| Nixon's 'Goldwater Moment' Looms Over Trump |
| For Marketwatch, Erran Carmel, professor in the Kogod School of Business, and Chris Edelson, director, Politics, Policy and Law Scholars program, authored an opinion article about the legacy of former Arizona Republican Senator Barry Goldwater and how it may affect the Trump administration. Carmel and Edelson wrote, “Donald Trump wasn't old enough to vote in the 1964 presidential election, but the loser of that contest is casting a big shadow over Trump's odyssey today.” Carmel and Edelson also spoke with SiriusXM's non-partisan political channel POTUS about their article. (8/9) |
Expertise
| Climate Study Quietly Underway Warns of Severe U.S. Impacts |
| Paul Bledsoe, professor of public affairs, spoke to E&E News about the results of the National Climate Assessment. Bledsoe said, “Administrations have huge latitude on how they handle seemingly technical climate reports, which can make all the difference. Trump's high-profile climate denial and the startling pace of warming together have compelled scientists themselves to take matters into their own hands.” Bledsoe was also quoted in Scientific American. (8/8) |
| U.S. Colleges Help Foreign Students Wary of Traveling Home |
| Fanta Aw, interim Vice President of Campus Life, spoke to the Associated Press about how universities are offering options to accommodate international students that are nervous about traveling home due to President Trump's imposed travel ban. Aw said, “With the uncertainty that's there, I think people have been thinking twice about some of these decisions and wanting to make sure that they don't put themselves in situations that could complicate their lives.” (8/9) |
| SIS Professor Jordan Tama Comments on North Korea |
| Jordan Tama, professor in the School of International Service, commented for WTOP-FM radio on President Trump's rhetoric on North Korea. Tama said, “It is really important that when dealing with a national security issue, especially a potential national security crisis, to be choosing words very carefully. If the President is trying to establish a red line with North Korea, it is important for North Korea to understand where that red line is.” (8/9) |
| Clash of Co-equals: Republican-Led Congress Checks Trump's Power |
| Distinguished History Professor Allan Lichtman spoke to Sinclair Broadcast Group about Republicans limiting Trump's power on recess appointments. Through this series of actions, the Republican-controlled Congress has sent a "powerful statement," to the Republican president, Lichtman said. (8/4) |
| Is the News Stressing You Out? You're not Alone |
| Scott Talan, professor of communication, spoke to WTOP-FM radio about how political news can contribute to stress. Talan said, “It does seem overwhelming and people can indeed become stressed out because it's one thing after another with no resolution.” (8/4) |
| Amid Immigration Battles, College Park Considers Giving Noncitizens Voting Rights |
| Law Professor Jamie Raskin spoke to the Baltimore Sun about how political officials are close to passing a bill that would make College Park the largest city in the state of Maryland and give undocumented immigrants the right to vote in local elections. Raskin said, “When the nation began, there was no national definition of voting rights. It was completely up to the states, and what mattered was the property-ownership qualification, the race qualification and the gender qualification.” (8/6) |
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