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| It's Time to Give Our Kids the Education They Deserve |
| Associate Professor of Public Affairs Taryn Morrissey wrote an op-ed for The Hill about creating better education models for post-pandemic learning. Morrissey wrote, “As we look ahead, this pandemic's devastating and disproportionate impact on our children offers a unique opportunity to create a new education paradigm, broaden educational opportunity and narrow the disparities that were pervasive before COVID-19 and widened by the pandemic.” (4/14) |
| Ulster Loyalists Are Burning Buses and Cars in Belfast, Thanks to Brexit |
| Kimberly Cowell-Meyer, assistant professor of public affairs, and Carolyn Gallaher, senior associate dean in the School of International Service, co-wrote an article for The Washington Post about Brexit's impact on Irish peace. They wrote, “That fragility – and the associated violence – is mostly a product of Brexit.” (4/15) |
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| A Retiring Castro to Bring Younger Face to Cuba's Communists |
| William LeoGrande, professor of public affairs, spoke to the Associated Press about what Raúl Castro's impending retirement from political life could mean for Cuba. LeoGrande said, “They keep saying they will require the state enterprises to become profitable but that's precisely where there's resistance because the private sector isn't growing fast enough.” LeoGrande also discussed Cuba's changing political landscape with the Miami Herald. (4/15, 4/13) |
| Zoom Court Is Changing How Justice Is Served |
| Washington College of Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson spoke with The Atlantic about how the pandemic has changed the justice process. Ferguson said, “Why not use technology to bring the judge into the defendant's world?” (4/13) |
| Cardiologist Says George Floyd's Death Was "Absolutely Preventable" |
| Jenny Roberts, co-director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at the Washington College of Law, spoke with CBS News about the first day of the defense arguments in the Derek Chauvin trial. Michelle Engert, senior scholar-in-residence at the School of Public Affairs, also spoke with Vox about the Derek Chauvin trial. (4/12, 4/15) |
| The Georgia Voting Law and the End of the New South |
| David Lublin, professor of public affairs, spoke to The New Yorker about Georgia's new voting law and the evolution of Southern politics. Lublin said, “The people who built the evangelical movement were middle-class suburbanites.” (4/15) |
| Combatting Communication Issues After CDC Pauses Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Administration |
| Jason Mollica, professorial lecturer in the School of Communication, spoke to WUSA-9 about the need for good communication in evolving public health crises. Mollica said, “How Johnson & Johnson, and how the states, and how the federal government handles this messaging moving forward, will probably do a good job in saying whether this turns into a bigger crisis.” Aparna Soni, assistant professor of public affairs, spoke to The Hill about the Covid-19 vaccination process and the ways in which states are keeping record of those who have been vaccinated. (4/13, 4/15) |
| As Border Apprehensions Hit 20-Year High, Biden Faces Growing Political Pressure |
| Ernesto Castaneda, founding director of the Immigration Lab, spoke to the Sinclair Broadcasting Group about the Biden Administration's response to the migration crisis at the southern border. Castaneda said, “It can increase the number of non-Border Patrol personnel to speed the relocation of minors and the vetting of sponsors, hire more immigration judges to process immigration and asylum applications.” (4/9) |
| Internet in Everything |
| Laura DeNardis, interim dean of the School of Communication, appeared on the Full Measure with Sherly Atkinson about her book, “The Internet of Things”. DeNardis said, “I think, in general, technology brings us closer to democracy because it empowers people and that the benefits of the cyber physical world far outweigh the problems with it.” (4/11) |
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