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Access to clean water essential to protecting health, stopping spread of COVID-19, says Udow-Phillips

Nov 7, 2020 Bridge Michigan

"For those who cannot afford their water bills, shutoffs not only endanger their lives, but the lives of others they come in contact with. Clean and available water is essential to help stop the spread of COVID-19," said Udow-Phillips in her guest...

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Hanson expects Biden to restore normalcy to the White House

Nov 7, 2020 Métro World News

“This election was a crucial crossroads for American political institutions. Trump has led America to a dangerous place. Biden’s election is a step back from the brink, but also the start of hard work to restore the fractured fabric of American...

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Udow-Phillips outlines Biden's healthcare priorities

Nov 6, 2020 U.S. News & World Report

"Joe Biden was squarely in the camp of building on the Affordable Care Act," Udow-Phillips said. "His proposals for health care reform do speak to making health care more affordable, by building on the health insurance exchanges." Read the full...

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Wolfers offers advice on the most urgent economic tasks for the next four years

Nov 6, 2020 New York Times

"Think of this initial fiscal stimulus as a down payment on your most important medium-term macroeconomic goal, which must be to fortify the economy against future shocks. Another downturn could be catastrophic for many households and businesses...

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Stevenson: At current pace, return to pre-pandemic job market not expected until February 2022

Nov 6, 2020 CNN Business

"At the current pace of improvement, the job market would not return to its pre-pandemic level until February 2022," said Stevenson. Read the full CNN Business article...

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Hanson on potential recounts in AZ, GA

Nov 5, 2020 BBC Brasil

"In Arizona and Georgia, where the count has not yet ended, the distance between the two candidates may be even smaller, which makes a request for a recount also very likely there," said Jonathan Hanson. Read the full BBC Brasil...

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Hanson comments on Michigan presidential race

Nov 5, 2020 The Wire

"Trump was already facing a tough re-election battle in Michigan, which has been compounded by the mishandling of the Covid-19 pandemic," said Jonathan Hanson. You can read the article in The...

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Cavaille explains the complex U.S. vote-counting to her hometown French newspaper

Nov 5, 2020 Le Telegramme

"Unlike France where the national state organizes [vote-counting], here each state is responsible for how the votes are counted. To be able to rig the election, [you] would have to interact with the governors of each of the 50 states, who themselves...

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Hanson comments on Michigan's long absentee ballot-counting process

Nov 5, 2020 WXYZ-TV Detroit

“In other states, they can start processing absentee ballots long before the election,” said Jonathan Hanson. “The coronavirus magnified the problem tremendously, but it would be mistaken to think we are never going to experience this again.” ...

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Election will affect how climate change is addressed, says Rabe

Nov 5, 2020 E&E News

Even in the late 2000s, much of the conversation about climate policy was "inside baseball," closed-door negotiation among industry, lawmakers and green groups, says Barry Rabe. "There's all kinds of jockeying right now, but it seems like more of a...

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Trumpism may have endangered our democracy, Davenport reports

Nov 5, 2020 Newark Star Ledger

"Our recent research shows that no matter who wins, fundamental aspects of our democracy are under threat. Our survey reveals that something is fundamentally wrong as a large number of respondents perceive a need for minor or major changes in...

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Swing state: Michigan voters critical to presidential, U.S. Senate race outcomes

Nov 3, 2020

Faculty Q&A by Michigan News The country will pay close attention to what happens on Election Day in Michigan, where voters in this battleground state could determine the outcome of the presidential race and who represents them in the U.S....

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Rabe watching Pennsylvania legislature race

Nov 3, 2020 E&E News

“If you could flip both the House and the Senate, it could be a big deal for Pennsylvania energy policy,” said Barry Rabe. “It could be one of the most major state shifts anywhere in the United States.” Read the E & E news...

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Parthasarathy comments on using facial recognition technology in schools

Nov 3, 2020 WIRED

"These technologies are least accurate among students who are already marginalized in schools,” Parthasarathy says. She notes that school officials are often ill-equipped to handle the security and privacy of children’s biometric data and ensure the...

Professor Shobita Parthasarathy leads a discussion in the Betty Ford Classroom

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Rabe comments on potential green economic stimulus package

Nov 2, 2020 Scientific American

“When reasonable people sit down to decide what is in a green-stimulus spending bill, a one-time shot, that opens the sluice gates to every possible way you might define green energy or transition energy beyond production tax credits for wind or...

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Election administrators learned from past difficulties, says Goldenberg

Nov 2, 2020 Deutsche Welle

"One thing I would say about this country's election managers, the administrators, is that they are a very, very dedicated lot," said Edie Goldenberg. "They've worked very hard to prepare for this election. So, I think that the difficulties that we...

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Goldenberg on the surge of young voters

Nov 2, 2020 Detroit Free Press

In addition to Michigan's Proposal 3, which makes voting more accessible, college civic engagement has seen a robust increase in the last four years, with young people energized about issues “that look to the future of the country like the...

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'The Base' has features of an international terrorism group, says Ali

Nov 2, 2020 The National

“The Base [a Michigan-based paramilitary group] seems to have more of the features of groups that you would see on the international terrorism side,” said Ali. “They’re not posting on the internet with tongue-in-cheek kind of memes and hinting at...

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Ali: Boogaloo movement is a serious threat

Nov 2, 2020 Sky news

"There's no leader, no defined cells or organizational structure but I think this is a serious threat. The challenge is identifying those on that path to violence rather than those just exercising their first and second amendment rights. It's when...

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Levitsky comments on possible post-election turmoil

Nov 2, 2020 CNN Brasil

"[Trump] will not accept his loss very gracefully. So if that happens, it depends on how far he is prepared to go, which could perhaps lead to violence. The best thing that could happen would be a complete landslide which he couldn't argue...

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As part of NAPA working group, Rabe proposed climate action plan for the 2021 Administration

Nov 2, 2020

As part of a nine-member National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) Working Group, Barry Rabe recommended near-time actions to address climate change to the next Administration. The group’s Steward Natural Resources and Address Climate Change...

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Young comments on racism pushing Black anxiety

Nov 1, 2020 Associated Press

Black professionals wonder “how we got to this moment of national leadership after the civil rights movement,” Young said. “There is just extreme anxiety and frustration that people would not have imagined that the kinds of issues surfacing now...

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Levy comments on how the next administration's health plans will affect the U.S. economy

Nov 1, 2020 Reuters

"Being able to accumulate assets is really important if you think about supporting economic mobility,” said Levy, speaking about the boost to health and financial stability for low-income families through a health insurance 'public option'. Read...

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2020 U.S. Senate race in Michigan tied closely to presidential race, says Hanson

Oct 31, 2020 Washington Examiner

"In the end, it depends on how close the presidential race is. If Biden runs really strong in Michigan, Peters is likely to have wind behind his sails as well," Hanson said. "I expect James to run a few percentage points stronger than Trump. The...

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Trump's economic "lie" may have lost its punch - Wolfers

Oct 31, 2020 Huffington Post

“Reality has caught up with him. He had a huge lead in terms of people’s confidence in him as an economic manager, and he blew it,” says Justin Wolfers. “One issue is that people don’t trust what he says anymore. Another is, well, look around —...

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Wolfers says economic issues dominate last days of the election

Oct 31, 2020 ABC Australia

"The U.S. GDP rebound leaves the economy in a hole as deep as the darkest days of the Great Recession that occurred after the financial crisis. Trump has been a disappointment in many ways for people in the Rust Belt. And a challenge for a Biden...

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Rabe runs election scenarios and impact on climate action

Oct 30, 2020 EnviroLink

If Trump wins: “In a second Trump administration, we are likely to see executive action that is even bolder, even more aggressive, and probably doing everything imaginable to pump up oil and gas production as a strategy for economic recovery,” said...

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Positive GDP growth numbers won’t boost Trump’s reelection argument - Barr and Wolfers

Oct 30, 2020

News released Thursday that the U.S. third quarter GDP growth rate was 7.4%, or a record annualized rate of 33.1%, will not provide President Trump with a bounce in his support as the election nears, according to Ford School Dean Michael Barr and...

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Despite arrest of leader of white supremacist group, Ali says more needs to be done

Oct 30, 2020 Feds arrest leader of white supremacy group who ran 'hate camp' in Michigan

“This case is very serious and it’s indicative of the threat, not only from this particular group, but the broader one (from domestic terrorists.) We’re not going to see the last of these,” Ford school Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali told...

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Michigan Proposal 2 may not go far enough to protect personal digital data - Parthasarathy

Oct 30, 2020 Detroit Public Radio WDET

“I’m not sure that Proposal 2 goes far enough at this moment when we have more and more electronic data we’re generating and more and more interest from not only law enforcement but the private sector to collect our data,” said Shobita...