May 11, 2019 The Providence Journal
The state Department of Education has announced the list of people who participate in the state Department of Education’s team to do a deep dive into the Providence schools. The list includes Visiting Scholar, Annenberg Institute for School Reform Domingo Morel.
May 10, 2019 CNN
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider is quoted when discussing the constitutional “showdown” between President Donald Trump and House Democats.
May 9, 2019 WBUR
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs Emily Oster has thought a lot about many parenthood questions, as the author of books that help parents make choices based on the available data.
May 8, 2019 ABC 6 Washington DC
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg comments on the struggle among the Democrats to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, saying "Throughout the current scandal, the president has been free to assert his own facts in the absence of virtually any public testimony."
May 6, 2019 The Washington Post
Senior Fellow Richard Arenberg in The Washington Post, "We often think of a filibuster as one legislator rambling along, alone on the Senate floor, in symbolic defiance of the majority."
May 3, 2019 The Providence Journal
Professor of Political Science Ross Cheit says that the commission is reluctant to levy any stricter recusal rules on part-time lawmakers, who in most cases have full-time jobs outside the legislature that come with “built-in conflicts.”
May 3, 2019 CounterPunch
A new book shows that the Greek and British peoples were hapless victims of a “bait and switch”, the term used by the Brown University economist Mark Blyth in his 2013 Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea.
May 3, 2019 The Atlantic
Emily Oster, Professor fo Economics, notes that the trade-off between idle screen time and enriching playtime isn’t so simple when it comes to screen time guidelines.
May 3, 2019 NTK Network
“What’s extraordinary about Sheldon Whitehouse is that he spent that much money in a very small state,” Professof of Political Science Wendy Schiller said.
May 3, 2019 The Washington Post
Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider argues that prisoners deserve the right to vote, a position that’s driving a big debate in the Democratic primaries.
May 3, 2019 Brown Daily Herald
Chair of the Department of Education Tracy Steffes says the proposal to redesign the department, which would go into effect over the next two years, is still in the development process.
May 3, 2019 Uprise RI
Brown University’s Wealth and Income Inequality Project hosted a talk Monday afternoon with Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, Brown President Christina Paxson, and Professor of Economics John Friedman.
May 3, 2019 ABC6
Professor of Political Science and Public Policy James Morone comments on the new student debt plan proposed by Elizabeth Warren, saying, "She has noticed what very few have noticed: that the federal government owns a ton – most – of the college debt."
April 26, 2019 VICE News
Richard Arenberg comments on President Trump's vow to fight all congressional subpoenas following the Mueller Report, saying "I believe the Congress has the Constitution on their side, and in the end, they will prevail. But Trump may be able to just wait out the clock."
April 26, 2019 The Washington Post
Economist John Friedman comments on how the recent college admissions scandal highlights the advantages some wealthy families have in the college admissions process. "The American Dream has been distressingly out of reach for a lot of people...The disparities in access are really quite striking."
April 24, 2019 BBC
Jeff Colgan joined BBC's Business Daily to discuss "why he thinks sectors like insurance, property and oil and gas are overpriced given the threat of climate change."
April 23, 2019 The Public's Radio
Political Science Chair Wendy Schiller comments on the large amount of money that U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse raised for his re-election campaign. "So it was either overly cautionary on his part, or he was scared of something in that race, because the number is large for the size of the state and the fact that it was his second re-election campaign."
April 19, 2019 The Guardian
Taubman Center Affiliate and Professor of Political Science, Corey Brettschneider in The Guardian, "Impeachment and prosecution of this president, of course, require building on Mueller’s evidence. He has given us a huge head start. It is now up to Congress to look into whether his actions amount to obstruction."
April 19, 2019 The New York Times
Economist Emily Oster in The New York Times, "Parenting is full of decisions, nearly all of which can be agonized over. You can and should learn about the risks and benefits of your parenting choices, but in the end you have to also think about your family preferences — about what works for you."
April 19, 2019 WPRI12
Professor John Friedman has won national attention in recent years for his work on an Opportunity Atlas that offers policymakers neighborhood-level data on economic mobility, which has contributed to the rise of Brown's Economics Department.