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SSD Welcomes New Faculty for the 2023-24 Academic Year

Christina Brown Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics Christina Brown is a development economist studying labor and ...

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September 26 Event to Address Threats to American Democracy

With presidential campaigns and candidate debates underway, the 2024 elections are coming into focus. But given the continuing shadow of the Janua...

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SCMP - Signs of Chinese President Xi Jinping delegating more to hand-picked deputies at start of third term; Prof. Dali Yang says that Xi Jinping's fewer appearances cannot be explained by scheduling clashes

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TIME - The Republican Candidates Weren’t Asked if Trump Lost in 2020. But All Say He Did; Prof. William Howell says the question of who won the 2020 election is “a proxy conversation for one’s allegiance to Trump”

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NYT - Analyze This: Donald Trump’s Thoughts and Speech; In a Letter to the Editor, Prof. John Mark Hansen said the question in the Trump indictment is "whether he was able to distinguish right actions from wrong ones"

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CBS News - Political violence risk reignited as Trump faces indictments; Video: On "America Decides," Prof. Robert Pape discusses how officials are responding to and preparing for the threat of violence following Donald Trump's most recent indictment

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The New York Review - History’s Presence; Prof. Adom Getachew gives an interview on her intellectual preoccupations, decolonization today, and the crises of history

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NYT - For Ukraine, Many Antiwar Activists in the U.S. Make an Exception; Article mentions Prof. John J. Mearsheimer's 2015 lecture titled “Why Ukraine is the West’s fault”

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CBS News - University of Chicago's Robert Pape says political violence "moving into the mainstream"

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NYT - The Synagogue Attack Stands Alone, but Experts Say Violent Rhetoric Is Spreading; Prof. Robert Pape discusses the factors that increase the chances someone will become a dangerous risk