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Cooney highlights impact of expired Child Tax Credit

Feb 1, 2022 CNN

With COVID-19 still affecting the economy and people's finances, experts have seen food hardship increase across the country recently, rising faster in households without children. Patrick Cooney, assistant director of the Detroit Partnership on...

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COVID saved the Beijing olympics from political protest - Lin

Feb 1, 2022

As the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games get under way later this week, Ford School professor Ann Lin has commented on the COVID effect on the games. An advisory distributed by Michigan News about Lin and other experts here. It states, "Her work...

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Ford School Black History Month activities cover a wide spectrum of topics

Feb 2, 2022

The Ford School and its research centers will be hosting a variety of events during February, Black History Month, examining a range of topics concerning the struggles for racial equity. The Center for Racial Justice, Weiser Diplomacy Center and...

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Stevenson discusses the Great Resignation and inflation

Feb 1, 2022

Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, recently talked to Al Jazeera about the Great Resignation – the phenomenon of millions of Americans voluntarily leaving their jobs. She explained what's going on behind the...

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Ali discusses recent developments with ISIS

Feb 3, 2022

Major developments in the fight against ISIS took place in the past week, and the Ford School's Javed Ali, associate professor of practice, whose area of expertise is national security. Early in the week, a 42-year-old American woman, Allison...

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Davenport discusses Americans' opinions on violence against government

Jan 31, 2022 NPR The Break

A recent survey found that 1 in 4 Americans think violence against the government is sometimes okay. Christian Davenport, professor of political science and public policy, said he wasn't surprised, but that using polls exclusively didn't convince...

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Lin fact-checks details of undocumented immigrants in U.S.

Jan 30, 2022 Lead Stories

Lead Stories, a fact-checking resource, featured Ann Chih Lin, associate professor of public policy, in one of their stories exploring how many undocumented immigrants are in the United States and what government services those immigrants can...

Melvyn Levitsky: The Ukraine-Russia crisis

Feb 1, 2022 0:03:15

Melvyn Levitsky answers what is essential to know about the rising tensions in eastern Europe and the Ukraine-Russia crisis. February, 2022.

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Ambassador Levitsky on the Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know

Feb 1, 2022

What is essential to know about the rising tensions in eastern Europe and the Ukraine-Russia crisis? Melvyn Levitsky, professor of international policy and practice at the University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, shares his insights....

Brenda Plummer: Racial Foundations in Public Policy Series

Feb 3, 2022 1:30:00

Join Dr. Brenda Plummer and Professor John Ciorciari in a virtual series on the historical roots and impact of race shaping public policy in the global context. February 3, 2022.

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