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Yahoo! Sports - CAA’s Nobel Prize-Winning Expert Witness Sounds Off on Alston, NIL; Article describes Prof. James Heckman's role as an expert witness in NCAA cases and his support for amateurism

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South China Morning Post - Why do Chinese officials lack initiative and wait for orders from the top? asks Xi Jinping; Prof. Dali Yang discusses the tight control Xi Jingping has on China's Communist Party

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The Topeka Capital-Journal - 'It’s easy to get the sense the rest of the country has forgotten you': Extremism long rising in rural Kansas; Article quotes Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew's explanation of the book The Turner Diaries and its resonance

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Washington Post- Across Latin America, citizens and governments are clashing over their countries’ authoritarian pasts; Assoc. Prof. Michael Albertus pens op-ed on the "resurgence of leftism" in Latin America

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Detroit News - Tax justice group calls on Detroit to fix 'unfair' property assessment; Article references study from Prof. Chris Berry found that Detroit's residential property tax methodology continues to harm residents

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The Daily Beast - These Fascist ‘Diaries’ Keep Inspiring Jan. 6 Rioters; In podcast, Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew discusses The Turner Diaries and the similarities between the white-power and far-right movements of 1990s America

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WTTW 11 - Is a Move to Arlington Heights in the Bears’ Future? Video: Senior Instructional Prof. Allen Sanderson discusses the Chicago Bears' potential move to Arlington Heights

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Washington Post - A horn-wearing “shaman.” A cowboy evangelist. For some, the Capitol attack was a kind of Christian revolt; Prof. Robert Pape discusses the role religion plays in extremism

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KCUR-FM - Right-wing Extremism Has Been Taking Root In Rural Kansas For Decades; Asst. Prof. Kathleen Belew discusses The Turner Diaries, a novel described as "the bible of the racist right"