October 9, 2020 Providence Journal
Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller, on incumbent Senator Jack Reed, “Jack Reed does a good job, and it’s hard to defeat an incumbent who does a good job."
October 9, 2020 The Atlantic
"These numbers are not zero, which for some people means the numbers are not good enough. But zero was never a realistic expectation. We know that children can get COVID-19, even if they do tend to have less serious cases. Even if there were no spread in schools, we’d see some cases, because students and teachers can contract the disease off campus. But the numbers are small—smaller than what many had forecasted," says Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster.
October 8, 2020 Bloomberg
Profile on Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster.
October 8, 2020 Vice News
Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, "I think that what we’ll see is an extraordinary effort to get all of the Republican senators into the chamber."
October 7, 2020 WJAR
"I think we have to worry about the processing aspect of absentee ballots of this magnitude. I think Rhode Island is in pretty good shape and pretty well prepared, but across the country people are going to have to deal with millions of ballots when they’ve been dealing with thousands of ballots in the past," Chair and Professor of Political Science, Wendy Schiller.
October 6, 2020 The Atlantic
Director of Postdoctoral Program and David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations, Rose McDermott, in The Atlantic, "He would never have gotten access to the monoclonal antibodies if he weren’t the president."
October 6, 2020 EdNC
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster, on COVID in schools, "Our initial findings in our data suggest low rates in schools. Although we need to wait for more data to understand issues of spread, and also understand better the role of prevention measures."
October 5, 2020 KOMO News
“Democrats would prefer no bill to an inadequate package, which would leave key parts of their package out of the relief bill...A compromise deal is still possible, but time is short," said Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, on the feasibility of a second package of coronavirus stimulus legislation.
October 2, 2020 Los Angeles Times
Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, cited in this article about the fillibuster.
October 1, 2020 Vox
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster, provides commentary in this recent Vox article about school reopenings.
September 29, 2020 The Hill
This opinion piece cites "Unintended consequences of killing the filibuster," an article by Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg.
September 28, 2020 WPRI
In this interview, Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, joined Dan Yorke to discuss the legacy of Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg and the future of the Supreme Court.
September 28, 2020 The Washington Post
"These numbers will be, for some people, reassuring and suggest that school openings may be less risky than they expected," Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics, Emily Oster.
September 26, 2020 CBC
"The Congress moves very slowly 95 percent of the time. And when they want to do something quickly and they have the votes, it can happen with amazing speed," Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs, and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg.
September 23, 2020 NPR
This article talks about the COVID-19 School Response Dashboard, which Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence and Professor of Economics Emily Oster is spearheading.
September 23, 2020 The Washington Post
Interim Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science, Richard Arenberg, co-wrote this opinion piece for The Washington Post, "If the nuclear option were triggered to end the filibuster on legislation, a simple majority would control the entire federal budget."
September 22, 2020 Free Speech TV
In this interview, Professor of Political Science Corey Brettschneider talks about what's at stake over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat.
September 21, 2020 Associated Press
This article draws on data from Opportunity Insights, which Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, John Friedman is Co-Director of.
September 21, 2020 Associated Press
This article draws on data analysis from Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs and co-director of Opportunity Insights, John Friedman, "The wealth data highlights the inequalities in the recovery in the sense that high-income workers not only have jobs that for the most part have come back; they also have savings that have continued to grow."
September 20, 2020 CNBC
“The story of the recession for low- and high-income individuals is very different...From an economic perspective, high-income families are by and large doing fine," commented Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs John Friedman.