Can Apple bring its manufacturing back to the United States? Yes, and if Apple can do this, so can most other companies since their value chains are a lot less complex than Apple’s.
“Leaders who make assertive statements and then fail to deliver on their promises can see their reputations seriously damaged and leave their countries more vulnerable to threats from abroad,” write Peter Feaver and Danielle Lupton.
While exploring how people can oppose Donald Trump’s message of racism and xenophobia while at the same time making his supporters feel like they have a voice, Ph.D. candidate Aaron Ancell came across an unlikely Durham story that he hopes will encourage others.
"What makes management of this conflict so tricky and potentially explosive is that the losing Sanders side seems to represent the future of the party and the winning Clinton side seems to represent its past,” says Sanford professor and political consultant Mac McCorkle.
One of the more overlooked, yet important steps in running for president is to set up an effective presidential transition team, writes Douglas Brook, a visiting professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy who has served in four presidentially appointed positions.
Political scientist Sunshine Hillygus finds those who major in the humanities or take social-science courses in college are more likely to participate politically after graduation. But indicators start even earlier -- those whose verbal skills are higher by the end of high school, as measured by SATs, are more likely to become active political participants than those with high math scores.
Is it appropriate for religious leaders to weigh in on controversial House Bill 2? Former Bishop Will Willimon thinks so. “Politics is about power, and Jesus commanded us not just to think good thoughts but actively to do good deeds,” he writes.
Poll data suggest that Americans do not trust Hillary or her character. “The best way for Clinton to respond to all this is to talk candidly, and emotionally, about the values she learned as a child and a young woman,” writes historian Bill Chafe, author of “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal.” “Doing so would clarify, dramatically, the foundational beliefs that have guided virtually all of her political activities.”
“That (Gov.) McCrory would seek out this wrong-side-of-history position reveals a lot about the fractured and desperate state of the Republican Party.”
Donald Trump
Trump’s demand that Apple must make iPhones in the U.S. actually isn’t that crazy
Can Apple bring its manufacturing back to the United States? Yes, and if Apple can do this, so can most other companies since their value chains are a lot less complex than Apple’s.
The Washington Post
Political Rhetoric
How careless campaign bombast can undo administrations
“Leaders who make assertive statements and then fail to deliver on their promises can see their reputations seriously damaged and leave their countries more vulnerable to threats from abroad,” write Peter Feaver and Danielle Lupton.
Foreign Policy
Politics and Race
Should opponents marginalize Trump supporters?
While exploring how people can oppose Donald Trump’s message of racism and xenophobia while at the same time making his supporters feel like they have a voice, Ph.D. candidate Aaron Ancell came across an unlikely Durham story that he hopes will encourage others.
Democrats’ Dilemma
Clinton-Sanders tensions ‘potentially explosive’
"What makes management of this conflict so tricky and potentially explosive is that the losing Sanders side seems to represent the future of the party and the winning Clinton side seems to represent its past,” says Sanford professor and political consultant Mac McCorkle.
Duke Today
Transition Teams
Management is key to a good transition
One of the more overlooked, yet important steps in running for president is to set up an effective presidential transition team, writes Douglas Brook, a visiting professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy who has served in four presidentially appointed positions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Future of Democracy
How humanities education supports civic participation
Political scientist Sunshine Hillygus finds those who major in the humanities or take social-science courses in college are more likely to participate politically after graduation. But indicators start even earlier -- those whose verbal skills are higher by the end of high school, as measured by SATs, are more likely to become active political participants than those with high math scores.
Humanities
Politics and Race
White kids aren’t buying the politics of racial resentment
New data from a 2016 survey suggest that, at least on some dimensions, young whites are quite a bit more racially progressive than their parents.
Gawker
Politics and Religion
Why Christians and politics should mix
Is it appropriate for religious leaders to weigh in on controversial House Bill 2? Former Bishop Will Willimon thinks so. “Politics is about power, and Jesus commanded us not just to think good thoughts but actively to do good deeds,” he writes.
The News & Observer
Hillary Clinton
Hillary needs to get personal — about herself
Poll data suggest that Americans do not trust Hillary or her character. “The best way for Clinton to respond to all this is to talk candidly, and emotionally, about the values she learned as a child and a young woman,” writes historian Bill Chafe, author of “Hillary and Bill: The Clintons and the Politics of the Personal.” “Doing so would clarify, dramatically, the foundational beliefs that have guided virtually all of her political activities.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer
House Bill 2
Transgender rights and the end of the new South
“That (Gov.) McCrory would seek out this wrong-side-of-history position reveals a lot about the fractured and desperate state of the Republican Party.”
The New Yorker