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The Washington Post: The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution. The industry doesn’t want it, Prof. Michael Greenstone discusses Trump’s efforts to roll back environmental regulations

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Call for Applications from PhD Students for the 2020-21 Allison Davis Research Awards

As part of the inaugural event on May 11, 2020, honoring the legacy of Professor Allison Davis, the Division of the Social Sciences and the School of ...

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Business Insider: China sacked a brace of top officials in Hubei province, likely in a move to protect Xi Jinping from people's anger over the coronavirus outbreak, Prof. Dali Yang comments on President Xi's response to coronavirus

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USA Today: ‘Having Trump on the ballot isn’t enough’: Democrats battle to rev up enthusiasm for November, Prof. William Howell discusses the anxiety within the Democratic Party ahead of New Hampshire primary

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The Washington Post: For China’s leaders, pop-up hospitals are about politics as much as health, Prof. Dali Yang explains how China's surveillance of their own people has helped them during the coronavirus outbreak

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Study: In some African countries, more than half of women have lost a child

This article was originally published by UChicago News. Read the story on their site here. Despite global health gains, child mortality remains pre...

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NY Daily News: If not now, when? A look at the need for serious reform of the electoral process in the U.S., Prof. John Mark Hansen talks about what the country can learn from the tech failures of the Iowa Caucuses

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France 24: Death of Chinese doctor fuels anger, demands for change, Prof. Dali Yang comments on the death of a doctor who raised an early alarm about coronavirus

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Salon: Impeachment, the Constitution and Donald Trump: scholar William Howell on America after acquittal, Prof. William Howell discusses the Senate's acquittal of President Trump

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2020-2021 CISSR Faculty Fellows Announced

Announcing CISSR’s 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows CISSR welcomes the newest members of its scholarly community as the 2020-2021 Faculty Fellows. Faculty...