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John Mark Hansen

Chicago Tribune: Commentary: The real stories of the Chicago women who portrayed Aunt Jemima, Prof. John Mark Hansen pens op-ed on racism, Aunt Jemima, and the history behind the rebrand

Monday, June 22

The Hill: We must learn from the shutdown mistake, data from Prof. Casey Mulligan estimates daily cumulative costs of pandemic have been $1.3 trillion in total

Monday, June 15

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BBC - George Floyd: Five pieces of context to understand the protests, Assoc. Prof. Paul Poast discusses the militarization of U.S. police with surplus from Iraq and Afghanistan

Friday, June 5

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NPR: 'We All Feel At Risk': 100,000 People Dead From COVID-19 In The U.S., Prof. Kate Cagney discusses socioeconomic factors affecting the deadliness of COVID-19

Thursday, May 28

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Michael Greenstone

The Hill: COVID-19 reveals how economists sometimes forget economics, Study from Prof. Michael Greenstone finds that the economic value of saving roughly 1.7 million lives is $8 trillion, or almost one-third of U.S. GDP

Wednesday, May 27

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