January 16, 2020 BBC News
"Ceremony and precedence play a role in strengthening the way in which legislative bodies function," states Professor Richard Arenberg in a recent article discussing the impeachment trial.
January 13, 2020 ABC6
Professor Richard Arenberg comments that "Senate Democrats will require a series of votes during the Senate trial on the demand for documents from the Trump administration and on specific witnesses."
January 6, 2020 The Hill
Professor Richard Arenberg discusses the lasting effects of the Donald Trump presidency and the differences compared to former actions in the Senate under previous presidents.
December 30, 2019 The Globe and Mail
Professor Emily Oster's analysis on contentious parenting issues such as breastfeeding, sleep and screen time are discussed.
December 24, 2019 NewsBusters
During the discussion of possible additional impeachments, Professor Corey Brettschneider provided his opinion on the matter.
December 6, 2019 ABC6
“The Nixon case was, in the end, much more bipartisan, and Republican committee members, for the most part, accepted the legitimacy of the proceedings themselves,” said Senior Fellow in International Affairs Richard Arenberg.
December 6, 2019
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs Richard Arenberg discusses the current hearings, drawing on parallels from his time on Capitol Hill during President Clinton's impeachment hearings.
November 21, 2019 Express
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider comments that the phrase "high crimes and misdemeanor" was borrowed from British law.
November 21, 2019 Local12
“The Constitution points to a process which can consider a president's abuse of office more widely than measured against narrow statutes,” Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs Richard Arenberg says about the impeachment process.
November 21, 2019 WPRI12
“I think it’s going to be harder for the hearings to shift public opinion than was true during the Nixon or even the Clinton period,” Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs Richard Arenberg says.
November 21, 2019 The Guardian
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider called the impeachment hearings “maybe one of the most important moments in American history”.
November 8, 2019 News and Tribune
Marc Dunkelman, Public Policy Fellow, believes that the current shift away from interacting with neighbors is because Americans have limited time and more ways to spend it.
November 7, 2019 WPRI
Recounting the 90-minute talk put on by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. Susan Rice detailed her upbringing and foreign policy work in the Clinton and Obama administrations - both of which were referenced in her new book, Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For.
October 30, 2019 TIME
Before the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Syria produced about 385,000 barrels of oil per day, says Professor of Political Science Jeff Colgan, which has implications about U.S. policy in the area now.
October 30, 2019 KBIA
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider discusses the way of determining "whether or not an abuse of power has occurred is up to the House and its speaker."
October 28, 2019 Reuters
Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs Jeff Colgan said U.S. oil companies would face “a host of practical challenges” to operate in Syria.
October 28, 2019 The Washington Post
“This is the most important and sacred obligation of the Senate — to make the decision about whether or not a sitting president is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors," says Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider.
October 28, 2019 EducationNext
Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb discusses the nation's educational report card and is optimistic that "states that stayed the course with Common Core implementation and put some resources into building capacity in line with the standards will now realize some gains."
October 28, 2019
Visiting Scholar of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform Domingo Morel says state intervention will likely result in improved test scores in the short term, but those gains can quickly stagnate or even revert back if changes don’t stick.
October 18, 2019
As the University’s Department of Education creates new partnerships with Providence school, program leaders will decide which schools the MAT program will partner with, says Director of the Annenberg Institute Susanna Loeb.
October 9, 2019 VICE
Rich Arenberg in VICE, “If they are stonewalled now, they’ll take it as further evidence of obstruction. And they can drop all that evidence into a second article of impeachment.”
October 4, 2019 The 74 Million
Research by Anneberg Institute Visiting Scholar Domingo Morel shows that state takeovers of local schools serving high concentrations of black students can result in the troubling loss of black political representation.
October 4, 2019 Free Speech TV
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider gives a breakdown of the current political happenings in D.C. and the implications current affairs might have on the future of the presidency.
October 4, 2019 Naples Daily News
Professor of Economics John Friedman is working on a project using AI to map various social groups and change the way we look at states and welfare programs.
October 4, 2019 The Mercury News
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider discusses the vague meaning behind the term "high crimes and other misdemeanors" and the implications the phrase may hold in current politics.
September 27, 2019 WGME
In discussing the consequences of a looming government shutdown, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs Richard Arenberg contends, “One of the most telling poll questions has always been whether a political figure ‘cares about people like me'."
September 27, 2019
Wendy Schiller, Chair of Political Science, discusses the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential election and recent support for various candidates across the nation.
August 29, 2019 CBS Austin
Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg discusses appropriation and authorization bills and their ability to reprogram funds between accounts in an agency and/or to transfer funds between agencies.
August 26, 2019 Insider Higher Ed
A recent study by Professor of Economics Brian G. Knight and Nathan M. Schiff finds that as applications go up, yield goes down … and (maybe) SAT scores go up a bit for colleges in the program.
August 26, 2019 The Hill
In an opinion piece, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs & Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science Richard Arenberg discusses the elimination of the filibuster in the Senate, and the various views on it.
August 20, 2019 Global Village Space
Professor of Economics Emily Oster discusses if one can drink coffee while nursing and other pregnancy/early years dilemmas from her new book, Cribsheet.
August 15, 2019 Bloomberg
Wendy Schiller, Chair of the Political Science department, comments on the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates' bill-drafting productivity, saying "Introducing bills is an especially attractive messaging tool for Democrats, who believe in the power of government programs and introduce more bills than Republicans."
August 13, 2019 Fatherly
Economist Emily Oster comments on the wave of new parenting tools, saying "Infants can be very overwhelming to be around, and these devices give you something to do...But it’s really for you. Not for your baby."
August 6, 2019 Center for American Progress
Research from John Friedman's Opportunity Atlas is cited. "Using data taken from the Opportunity Atlas—a collaboration between the U.S. Census Bureau, Harvard University, and Brown University that provides data on economic mobility throughout the country—one can see that the South has the lowest level of economic mobility for all demographics."
August 5, 2019 Romper
Emily Oster's research is cited as it concludes that there are a range of healthy parenting behaviors, and part of determining what is best for your child entails determining what is best for your family.
July 31, 2019 ABC6
A new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Jayanti Owens finds that discipline in many classrooms is anything but fair, with punishments often unequal and cutting along racial lines. "It was extraordinarily disturbing and I really didn't want to believe it."
July 30, 2019 The Guardian
Political scientist Wendy Schiller comments on former special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony and possible impeachment. "Mueller’s lacklustre testimony likely gave Speaker Pelosi the ammunition to withstand calls for impeachment inquiries, or hearings, from the left flank of her party."
July 26, 2019 The Washington Post
In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, Taubman Center affiliate and Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider argues that Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the President in light of recent testimony before the House Judiciary Committee by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
July 23, 2019 ABC6
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg comments on former special counsel Robert Mueller's upcoming Congressional testimony, saying "Overwhelmingly, most Americans have no idea how damning the report actually is. The constant refrain from the White House of ‘witch-hunt,’ ‘no collusion’ and ‘no obstruction,’ and the Trump assertion that the report exonerates him have left the truth obscured by a dense fog."
July 22, 2019 The Washington Post
Associate Professor Jeff Colgan in The Washington Post, "...the recent tension around oil tankers is in part a product of more fundamental disputes about Iran’s nuclear program, funding of various violent insurgents, and ongoing rivalry with Saudi Arabia. In turn, Iran’s actions stem from what it sees as Trump administration belligerence."