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Shaefer: SNAP cuts will hurt families

Mar 19, 2023 Michigan Advance

Luke Shaefer, Michigan Advance: "I want to stress how incredibly successful the expansion of the safety net was during the COVID crisis — the expansion of SNAP, extended unemployment insurance, the expanded child tax credit, as well as rental...

Photo of Luke Shaefer in the Ford School's Towsley Reading Room

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Ali calls for early warning system for white power activity

Mar 17, 2023 Capital News Service

Javed Ali, Capital News Service: "There needs to be a better effort or early warning system to have conversations with folks about what we need to do and what can we do legally and pulling in law enforcement early as well. Not to make an arrest...

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AI will 'turbocharge' inequalities in health care - Parthasarathy

Mar 16, 2023 Bridge Michigan

Shobita Parthasarathy, Bridge Michigan: "Health care systems don't even know what data they're missing. That (AI) gets integrated into medical care as a mechanism for achieving efficiency. But they do that without realizing that it's going to...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

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Ali discusses Russian aircraft incident over Black Sea

Mar 14, 2023 Newsweek

Javed Ali, Newsweek: "[The downing of the drone] serves as a stark reminder of the potential for small-scale incidents like this to further heighten tensions between both sides and possibly trigger unintended escalation in response. The Biden...

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Economy is 'extraordinary' - Wolfers

Mar 12, 2023 WDIV

Justin Wolfers, WDIV: "My summary is what a little ripper. Last month, we were extraordinary. So we aren't extraordinary two months in a row, we're merely very good. This is the sort of job growth that maybe we've gotten used to over the past couple...

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Wolfers remains optimistic about economy

Mar 10, 2023 BBC

Justin Wolfers, BBC: "The best forecast for the future state of the economy is the current state and the current state is good. There's a recessionary vibe, but there's no recessionary...

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'Cop City' protests weren't peaceful - Ali

Mar 10, 2023 Christian Science Monitor

Javed Ali, Christian Science Monitor: "More and more, state prosecutors are using domestic terrorism statutes for different crimes being committed, whether they’re extremist-related or school shootings. (The incident in Atlanta) wasn’t just a...

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Ali on designating drug cartels as terrorist organizations

Mar 10, 2023 Texas Public Radio

Javed Ali, Texas Public Radio: "It's a complicated process for any organization to be designated by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization. The State Department and our government take the lead for that. If a designation were to...

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Ali: No authority to use military force to fight drug cartels

Mar 7, 2023 AFP

Javed Ali, AFP: "Unless this resolution or any similar one becomes law, there is currently no explicit legal authority that the president has that directly approves military operations against drug cartels in Mexico. (If there was an attack on US...

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Stevenson discusses interest rate effects on labor market

Mar 7, 2023 Bloomberg

Betsey Stevenson, Bloomberg: "I think it's really hard to interpret the impact of the interest rate increases on the labor market. And the reason is that we would have to know the counterfactual—what would have happened in the labor market if we...

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Stevenson on jobs report timing

Mar 3, 2023 NPR Marketplace

Betsey Stevenson, NPR Marketplace: "This is one of those things where we all have rules of thumb, because they’re just easier to remember. So the first Friday of the month is way easier to remember than the actual...

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Rabe on changing attitudes about nuclear energy

Mar 3, 2023

Barry Rabe, Newsweek: "I'm just looking at the numbers: you would need to triple existing nuclear capacity to replace gas and maintain existing nuclear [production]. That would be a massive, massive build-out. The timelines for that are significant....

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Ali weighs in on threat to Michigan's Jewish officials

Mar 2, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "As the ADL and other organizations have recently noted, there remains a high level of threats from individuals with white supremacist and neo-Nazi views against Jewish communities across the United States. Twitter and other...

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Parthasarathy on AI technology perils

Feb 28, 2023 Business Insider

Business Insider: Run-ins with users show some of the potentially troubling outcomes to expect when companies experiment with the public on new AI technologies, said Shobita Parthasarathy, a public policy professor at the University of Michigan, who...

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Slotkin senate race will test her campaign style - Bednar

Feb 28, 2023 Detroit Free Press

Detroit Free Press: "Slotkin has a remarkable gift for connecting with people at a human scale. She's transparent and earns their trust," said Jenna Bednar, a professor of political science and public policy at the University of Michigan. "(But)...

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Ali discusses China-Russia relationship

Feb 25, 2023 Newsweek

Javed Ali, Newsweek: "Xi has to make a decision about how to manage that relationship with Russia, and what's most important about that in the fight against Ukraine versus China's biggest strategic ambitions. If the intelligence case was that China...

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Levitsky on the stakes of Biden's Ukraine visit

Feb 24, 2023 Money Control

Melvyn Levitsky, Money Control: "(Biden's visit to Ukraine) shows the US’s and NATO’s support for Ukraine. It is also a warning to Russia and Putin not to escalate. Putin knows that a nuclear exchange would destroy Russia as well as a number of...

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Levitsky comments on China "straddling both sides" of war in Ukraine

Feb 21, 2023 Nikkei Asia

Melvyn Levitsky, Nikkei Asia: "(Beijing) will also want to be careful not to alienate the U.S., which is a huge market for Chinese...

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Ali analyzes unique Chinese spy balloon incident

Feb 17, 2023 ABC Australia

Javed Ali, ABC Australia: "Over the past week, I would say this is a pretty unusual set of developments from a U.S. national security perspective. And now that I've had a little bit of time to think about it and see how the story is evolving, it's a...

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Hanson discusses state of inflation

Feb 14, 2023 Wallet Hub

Jonathan Hanson, Wallet Hub: "The point of interest rate increases is to slow down the economy and thus cool demand. Pressure on prices thus falls. It’s effective for controlling the rate of inflation but does not come without some pain. I think the...

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Stevenson analyzes inflationary pressure

Feb 11, 2023 The New Yorker

Betsey Stevenson, The New Yorker: "People always hate inflation. Even when inflation was at historic lows, survey data showed that eighty-three percent of Americans thought inflation was a problem. The President has very few levers. And, in this...

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Wolfers celebrates low unemployment rate

Feb 10, 2023 NPR

Justin Wolfers, NPR: "We're celebrating unemployment being at a 50-year low. This is only three years after the scariest economic moment of my lifetime. If you had said in three short years we'll yield an unemployment rate that earlier generations...

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Ciorciari weighs in on Chinese spy balloon

Feb 10, 2023 The Hill

John Ciorciari, The Hill: "This incident makes it likely the U.S. accelerates different kinds of counterintelligence initiatives and expands to areas like, who do we grant visas to? Who is allowed to study at universities? An acceleration of those...

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Stevenson discusses strong labor market

Feb 9, 2023 NPR Marketplace

Betsey Stevenson, NPR Marketplace: "Are employers trying to hire a bunch of phantoms — people who don’t exist? Are they just finding it too hard to find...

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Stevenson breaks down what's actually happening in the job market

Feb 9, 2023 The Wall Street Journal

Betsey Stevenson, The Wall Street Journal: "Since restaurants and hotels haven’t staffed up too much, they could avoid the fate of many tech companies that are laying off workers after overhiring earlier in the pandemic," said Betsey Stevenson, an...

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Ciorciari on dangers of Pakistan's economic crisis

Feb 9, 2023 VOA News

John Ciorciari, VOA News: "Pakistan is on the brink of economic collapse. If the crisis continues, the government may soon face considerable added unrest and exacerbate domestic social conflict. This could destabilize the government in a country...

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Levitsky analyzes relationship between Biden and Lula

Feb 9, 2023 Estadao

Melvyn Levitsky, Estadao: "I think the relationship will be more positive now. In terms of the invitation, it is a great symbolic gesture to invite him to the White...

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Weiland touts her preschool research findings

Feb 8, 2023 MIT News

Christina Weiland, MIT News: "I am really excited by this work. We’re seeing the really positive long-term effects of attending preschool. A really important question is not only whether preschool works, yes or no, but how, and what kind of...

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Ali discusses rogue classified documents

Feb 8, 2023 Real Clear Investigations

Javed Ali, Real Clear Investigations: "You walk into the SCIF with nothing, you walk out of the SCIF with nothing. Whatever 3- or 4-letter agency you’re in, you’re supposed to leave that stuff in the office, because you don’t want any unauthorized...

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Ali analyzes white supremacist plot targeting Baltimore

Feb 6, 2023 ABC News

Javed Ali, ABC News: "Power grid targets have long been the focus of domestic extremists here in the United States. This perception of vulnerability, it's fairly easy to walk up close to one unless it's guarded with lots of perimeter security. Other...