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In an interview with Bloomberg, Wendy Schiller discusses President Joe Biden's re-election campaign and the political fallout of Fox News firing Tucker Carlson.

Jonathan Collins comments for The Advocate, "The interesting thing about participatory budgeting is that the deeper you get into it, the more you quickly realize, it is not about the money."

In an article for the Providence Journal, Wendy Schiller comments on the factors impacting the special election in Rhode Island's 1st Congressional District.

As a guest on 'Real Time with Bill Maher,' Professor of Economics Glenn Loury participated in a panel discussion.

Lyle Goldstein comments for The China Project, "Generally, Chinese leaders grasp that Russia is in a very tough spot, and they are willing to lend a hand to some extent, while still insisting on 'neutrality' in order to preserve commercial ties with the West, and particularly Europe."

In an interview on the McKinsey Global Institute's Forward Thinking podcast, Dany Bahar discusses the role of people on the move in spreading knowledge and raising productivity.

Wendy Schiller comments for the Rhode Island Current "It's the candidates who aren't holding elected office who need the money the most."

Stephen Kinzer writes for the Boston Globe, "Most wars are aimed at securing enough battlefield advantage to have a good bargaining position at the negotiating table. Those now being waged in Ukraine, Syria, and Yemen will eventually end with compromise."

In an article written for Lawfare, Rose McDermott examines three important ways in which personalist leaders like Putin pose threats to the stability of nuclear deterrence.

In an interview with NPR's WDET, Wendy Schiller discusses the need for states and the federal government to create better safety nets to help victims of domestic violence.

In an interview with Independent Truths, Glenn Loury discusses the impact of affirmative action, the black family, and his advocacy for black patriotism in the United States.

In an interview with WBUR's On Point, Ashutosh Varshney discusses India's political and civic climate.

In an interview with WBUR, John Friedman discussed research on economic mobility, income growth and income distribution.

In a piece for the Indian Express, Ashutosh Varshney discusses the violence that broke out during this year's Ram Navami celebrations.

In a recent Boston Globe article, Dany Bahar comments on the supply and demand for workers, noting that foreign visas represent a drop in the bucket for the labor market and poses no threat to U.S. workers.

Wendy Schiller comments for Bloomberg on former President Trump's indictment, saying it may put pressure on others to officially join the 2024 presidential race.

Wendy Schiller comments for the Boston Globe "I think there's a sort of a hunger in Rhode Island, among women in particular, for a woman to represent the state, given the sort of national mobilization of women across the country in the last 18 months, particularly after the Dobbs decision on abortion. That is still a very prominent issue and women are still feeling under siege."

In a recent article for Foreign Policy, Jeff Colgan explores whether the 1978 Enviro Modification treaty could be legal basis for climate loss & damages.

In an interview with NBC 10 News, Wendy Schiller dicusses former President Donald Trump's arraignment and what a conviction could mean for his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.

Dany Bahar comments for the Los Angeles Times "These are small countries and they're large diasporas, so you're going to have a big effect."

Ashutosh Varshney writes for the Indian Express "The larger debate about Indian democracy is linked to two underlying questions. Why is the distinction between electoral and liberal democracy maintained? And why is the distinction now beginning to disappear?"

Lyle Goldstein comments for The New York Times "They see themselves potentially in Russia's shoes in more or less going to war against America."

Wendy Schiller for Detroit Today "If you're not above the law, and you've broken the law, then you are subject to prosecution."

In an interview with NBC News, Taubman Center Director Wendy Schiller discusses how the historic indictment of former president Donald Trump could impact politics and history.

Stephanie Savell comments for The Intercept "These stolen weapons will circulate and intensify political and illicit violence and make it more lethal, as we've seen happen in other wars and conflicts."

In an interview with Bloomberg Surveillance podcast, Wendy Schiller discusses the hearings on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

Emily Oster comments for Fortune "It's become more possible to work parttime or to work remotely; to have versions of a job that fit better with the kinds of parenting or the other sort of family constraints that people have."

In a recent Kappan article, Jonathan Collins writes about the rapid emergence of AI and machine learning and its implications for K-12 education policy.

In an opinion piece for the Boston Globe, Stephen Kinzer writes that military action against drug cartels comes across very differently south of the border.

Mark Blyth discusses falling European bank shares on RTÉ's The Business podcast.

Lyle Goldstein writes a piece on Chinese lessons from the Ukraine War for The Diplomat.

Wendy Schiller comments for the Rhode Island Current "You see in the district that there is an appetite among a lot of different voting groups to have a person of color, or a woman, in Congress."

The Los Angeles Times cites comments Dany Bahar gave at a rally highlighting the impact that the Israeli government's actions could have on the country's economy.

Defense Priorities issued a press release featuring expert Lyle Goldstein following Xi Jinping's arrival in Moscow for a three-day visit and meeting with Vladimir Putin.

In a recent segment on NPR's All Things Considered, Costs of War research estimates that over 4,500 Americans and nearly 200,000 Iraqis were killed in the war.

In a recent Jacobin article, Costs of War research estimates that since the Iraq invasion, between 550,000 and 580,000 people have died in Iraq and Syria.

Wendy Schiller comments for The Guardian, "Once again we see that Trump is taking advantage of the Achilles' heel of the Democratic party by telling voters that the Democrats like big government because it bails out industries and it never provides a bailout for the little guy."

Associated Press cited research from the Costs of War project that an estimated 300,000 Iraqis were killed between 2003 and 2019.

Deborah Gordon comments for the Colorado Sun, "We're excited to see Colorado incentivize these actions to achieve both climate and air quality goals."

Ashutosh Varshney writes for the Indian Express, "Rahul Gandhi's description of India as a union of states requires a Gandhian amendment. India is also a nation, but in a non-European sense."

In an interview with Democracy Now, Costs of War co-director Stephanie Savell breaks down why Blinken's visit to Niger has become a focus in the so-called "war on terror".

In an interview with Democracy Now, Nadje Al-Ali explores the Iraq War's lasting after-effects on Iraqi society and the shape of global politics today.

In this episode of NPR's Detroit Today, Wendy Schiller discusses the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, how it happened, the current state of financial markets and where regulation fits into these concerns.

Commons Dreams cites the latest research by the Costs of War project, "the total costs of the war in Iraq and Syria are expected to exceed half a million human lives and $2.89 trillion" by 2050.

Dany Bahar comments on the efforts to boycott Israel over the judicial reforms for The Forward, "What we're seeing is not an orchestrated event."

In a C-Span debate, visiting professor Lyle Goldstein discusses China's military buildup and how the U.S. should respond.

Wendy Schiller comments for The New Yorker, "Joe Biden is a realist about what it will take to win re-election in 2024 for him, or any other Democrat."

In a Haaretz article, Dany Bahar comments on the protests in DC against far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich, "Capital is flowing out of the country. Businesses and investors are questioning whether they will see return on their investments if the independence of the judiciary is jeopardized. This is a crisis of Israel's own making."