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Hausman examines the auto industry during the Great Depression

Nov 13, 2025
In a guest essay for Automotive News, Ford School professor Joshua Hausman writes, "But the Depression left its mark on the industry. It benefited the Big 3 at the expense of other companies. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler accounted for 74 percent...
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Swisher Hosts Pete Buttigieg for Live Podcast Appearance

Sep 21, 2025
Kara Swisher, the award-winning journalist and current Ford School Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence, sat down for a conversation with Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to discuss “The State of U.S. Democracy,” for her On with ...
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The Ford School mourns the loss of Richard Boucher

Jul 3, 2025
The Ford School mourns the loss of Ambassador (ret.) Richard A. Boucher, who was a frequent presence at Weill Hall Ann Arbor for many years. He died on June 27 at his home in Arlington, Va.  During his thirty-two years career in U.S. diplomacy, he se...
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Empowering bureaucrats helps governments and citizens

Mar 31, 2025
Empowered bureaucrats can make decisions that will lead to better and more efficient service for citizens, according to Dan Honig, author of “Mission Driven Bureaucrats: Empowering People To Help Government Do Better.”   In a Policy Talk at the Ford ...
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In the Media

Government asserts only white men belong in American history - Moynihan

Mar 29, 2025 All Things Considered
"If you take away pictures of women, if you take away pictures of Black heroes, of Asians, of Native Americans, of Latinos, then who's left?" asked Don Moynihan, professor at the Ford School. Moynihan spoke with All Things Considered on a recent podc...
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In the Media

The Trump administration is erasing DEI from history - Moynihan

Mar 22, 2025 The Daily Beast
The Ford School's Don Moynihan spoke with The Daily Beast and commented on the removal of government history from various agency websites, specifically targeting topics involving DEI or POC and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. "It's this sort of de...
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In the Media

How the government is censoring DEI in American history - Moynihan

Mar 18, 2025 PBS NewsHour
NewHour turned to the Ford School's Don Moynihan seeking an explanation for the recent removal of American military history from the U.S. Department of Defense website. Moynihan told NewsHour "There’s certain codewords that are being used to detect i...
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Ali explains the history of FBI and role of FBI director

Dec 13, 2024
Javed Ali, Ford School professor and former senior official at FBI, the National Intelligence Council, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the National Security Council, wrote on The Conversation about the what the FBI does, its history and age...
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In the Media

Dominguez relives UK 1992 pound devaluation

Dec 4, 2024 NPR Planet Money
"You know, we can blame George Soros or say that he made money off governments, but I guess I wouldn't really put it in moral terms. It is one of the fundamental costs of a fixed exchange rate. You're setting yourself up for the potential of a run. I...
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The Self-Defense of American Democracy - Bednar

Nov 5, 2024
Ford School professor Jenna Bednar coauthored a commentary in Foreign Affairs with Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar about the guardrails and protections against "tyranny from the top" inherent in American elections because of our federal system.  Bednar wr...
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Stevenson on Taft-Hartley Act and dock workers strike

Oct 7, 2024 Planet Money
Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist, explained the Taft-Hartley Act which took some powers away from unions in 1947, and why dock workers are sill mad about it today. Stevenson said the dock workers are "like a linchpin to the whole...
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Watkins-Hayes on Ford's legacy and thoughts on turbulent times

Aug 28, 2024 It's Just Politics
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Dean of the Ford School, talked about the legacy of President Gerald R. Ford and what he would think about our current moment in politics. "Ford would look at this moment and say tumultuous times are part of the long arc of his...
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Bednar talks about younger voters and Ford legacy

Aug 28, 2024 It's Just Politics
Jenna Bednar, Ford School professor and co-chair of the Year of Democracy and Civic Engagement, talked about President Gerald R. Ford and what students are feeling about our country. "They believe so much in our country and what it's potential is," s...
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In the Media

Stewart on Musk's prophesied future "civil war"

Aug 18, 2024 CNBC
Ford School professor Megan Stewart commented on Elon Musk's rightward turn and his encouragement of a civil war. But she said in response, “Immigrants are not an organized rebel group ready to commit violence,” instead, “They are often fleeing dire ...
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Thacher studies history to inform today's police reform

Oct 27, 2023
Although some may view reducing the harms of policing as a contemporary issue, David Thacher encourages modern reformers to consider the past in the Journal of Criminal Justice. Using original archival research, Thacher examined the use of summons (w...
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Meet our new faculty: Mo Torres

Aug 25, 2023
Mo Torres returns to the Ford School (he graduated with his MPP in 2015) as one of six University of Michigan Society of Fellows for a three-year appointment. He will work closely with the Center for Racial Justice. Torres is a historical sociologist...
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