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Conservatism on Campus (Amy Binder)
We discuss how campus conservatism differs between elite and non-elite schools.
Photo Credit. By lifeinthefield – https://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeinthefield/2884586634/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18726941
Iranian-Americans and Race (Neda Magbouleh)
We interview Neda Magbouleh about her work on how Iranian-Americans navigate the complexities of race.
Photo Credit. By Amir Pashaei – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=92175320
Do Not Invite Milo Yannopoulos
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Gabriel discusses the UCLA campus Republicans’ internal debates about whether or not to invite Milo Yiannopoulos to speak.
The State of the Union Address
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Joe, Leslie, and Gabriel discuss the 2018 State of the Union address, whether Trump could find resonance with a larger part of society, and how racial/ethnic identities play into this potentiality.
Credits. By Shealah Craighead – White House, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63769676
Chain Migration
We discuss the differences between how the concept of chain migration is used in politics versus the academy
Photo Credit. By Myousry6666 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88989418
Banned Words at HHS
You can’t use these words in HHS communiques.
Roy Moore Loses
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We discuss Roy Moore’s loss in Alabama.
Is the Country Falling Apart?
Joe, Leslie, Gabriel, and Elizabeth Popp-Berman (SUNY Albany) discuss the disorientation of news from the new Trump administration, and whether there is any merit to a widespread anxiety that something is going wrong in society.
Photo Credit. Craighead, Shealah, photographer. Official portrait of President Donald J. Trump. , 2017. October 6. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017656484/.
The Rural White Male Trump Voter (Robert Francis)
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Also, we discuss Prince Harry’s engagement to Meghan Markle, charges of data falsification in France, and the case of Brooke Harrington and academic freedom in Denmark.
Treating Tuition Waivers as Income
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We discuss a provision of the proposed Trump tax bill that treats tuition waivers as income, and asks what the impact of those changes would be for graduate students.
