In the first presidential election since the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, 16 states have new voting restrictions in place. Some warn this will disproportionately affect minorities and the most vulnerable Americans. Others argue we’re closer now to a fair system.
“The reason is simple: Terrorism is a tactic that relies upon fear,” writes a Duke political scientist. “It’s a tactic of the weak against the strong. Knowing that they cannot get what they want from the strong via main force, the weak seek to instill fear in the strong.”
“Raising the minimum wage doesn’t just benefit workers. Research shows that when minimum wages are raised, employers experience lower turnover and absenteeism and higher productivity,” writes a research associate at The Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke.
History professor Laurent Dubois, born in Brussels, says the de facto capital of the European Union is “a city of immigrants, remarkably cosmopolitan and diverse -- a crossroads of histories and conflicts. … While there are many deep divisions around class and ethnicity, this is a city now defined more than anything by its diversity.”
A counter-terrorism expert at Duke says ISIS had two main objectives when carrying out the deadly bombings: Provoke an overreaction against the entire Muslim community, and convince frustrated Muslims to join their fight.
In their fight against added sugar in our foods, public health advocates are taking pointers from another battle -- the campaign against tobacco. New evidence suggests sugar, like tobacco, is addictive and harmful to long-term health. Kelly Brownell, the dean of Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, says the two fights have a lot in common.
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders aren’t the first American presidential candidates to champion outside causes. “If they have been far more successful than their predecessors, this is partly because they have gone much farther in dissociating themselves from the establishment.”
“If Trump fails to win a majority of delegates, the logic is … clear: securing a plurality of the vote (or delegates) does not provide Trump with any special claim to legitimacy, nor does it give him the mantle of ‘the people’s choice.’”
A “medium” that Ariel Dorfman says he and his wife often consult intercepted a message from the 16th-century Spanish monarch Philip II directed to Donald Trump, words he transcribed with “some trepidation.”
Voter Access
A look at voter access across the U.S.
In the first presidential election since the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, 16 states have new voting restrictions in place. Some warn this will disproportionately affect minorities and the most vulnerable Americans. Others argue we’re closer now to a fair system.
NPR’s Diane Rehm Show
Terrorism
To thwart terrorism, don’t fear
“The reason is simple: Terrorism is a tactic that relies upon fear,” writes a Duke political scientist. “It’s a tactic of the weak against the strong. Knowing that they cannot get what they want from the strong via main force, the weak seek to instill fear in the strong.”
The News & Observer
$15 Minimum Wage
Sanders is fighting to raise the wages for most black and Latino workers
“Raising the minimum wage doesn’t just benefit workers. Research shows that when minimum wages are raised, employers experience lower turnover and absenteeism and higher productivity,” writes a research associate at The Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke.
Huffington Post
Brussels Attacks
What is Brussels?
History professor Laurent Dubois, born in Brussels, says the de facto capital of the European Union is “a city of immigrants, remarkably cosmopolitan and diverse -- a crossroads of histories and conflicts. … While there are many deep divisions around class and ethnicity, this is a city now defined more than anything by its diversity.”
Slate
ISIS
Do not view ISIS as example of Muslim community, says Duke expert
A counter-terrorism expert at Duke says ISIS had two main objectives when carrying out the deadly bombings: Provoke an overreaction against the entire Muslim community, and convince frustrated Muslims to join their fight.
WRAL
Health Care
How yesterday’s war on tobacco is shaping today’s war on sugar
In their fight against added sugar in our foods, public health advocates are taking pointers from another battle -- the campaign against tobacco. New evidence suggests sugar, like tobacco, is addictive and harmful to long-term health. Kelly Brownell, the dean of Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, says the two fights have a lot in common.
Ways & Means podcast
Dissatisfied Electorate
You can’t keep a lid on discontent forever
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders aren’t the first American presidential candidates to champion outside causes. “If they have been far more successful than their predecessors, this is partly because they have gone much farther in dissociating themselves from the establishment.”
Cato Unbridged
Germany and Refugees
When it comes to settling migrants, the Middle East must do it
“Only when facilities adjacent to war-torn areas provide secure sources of food, shelter and education will refugee flows to Europe diminish.”
The News & Observer
Brokered Convention
Think a ‘brokered’ convention is undemocratic? Think again
“If Trump fails to win a majority of delegates, the logic is … clear: securing a plurality of the vote (or delegates) does not provide Trump with any special claim to legitimacy, nor does it give him the mantle of ‘the people’s choice.’”
The Washington Post
Political Satire
A prudent (and dead) king’s advice to Donald Trump
A “medium” that Ariel Dorfman says he and his wife often consult intercepted a message from the 16th-century Spanish monarch Philip II directed to Donald Trump, words he transcribed with “some trepidation.”
TIME magazine