Education is more than job training, says English professor Priscilla Wald, who directs the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke. It's essential to forming citizens of a democracy, and, she adds in this podcast, the humanities are a critical part of that training.
The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) gives families and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks an avenue to pursue justice in American courts against Saudi Arabia, for what they believe is its connection to the terrorist attack. “Potentially any nation could be sued,” says law professor Curtis Bradley.
"Gov. McCrory has put this state back on a path of economic prosperity after inheriting a large deficit from the previous governor," writes Madison Laton, an intern for the McCrory campaign and vice chair of Duke College Republicans. Counters Steve Hassey, vice president of Duke Democrats, “Gov. McCrory has been a consistent defender of HB2 and has had to deal with the negative economic consequences of that support.”
Public policy professor Phil Bennett, a former managing editor of The Washington Post and PBS’ FRONTLINE, produced a documentary that looks at the life stories of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Rather than interviewing the candidates, the filmmakers talked with the people around them to better understand where they come from and what’s shaped them. Bennett discusses the documentary, which aired last night on PBS, with Sanford Dean Kelly Brownell.
Phil Bennett and Kelly Brownell in the Policy 360 podcast
“Trump … lost an opportunity to gain some real momentum from the slow slippage of support from Secretary Clinton in North Carolina and elsewhere,” says public policy’s Mac McCorkle.
For three days last week, Duke hosted political cartoonists from around the world discussing how their work helps shape public opinion, including on hot-button issues such as NC House Bill 2 and the Black Lives Matter movement.
“They’re overqualified, they have more free time than most people and they’re usually socially engaged and usually engaging. So they’re a perfect set of people if you can mobilize them,” says professor John Aldrich in an interview with The Chronicle on why students are valuable when it comes to political campaigns.
Every four years, candidates for office make their pitch to voters, including a laundry list of things they promise to change once elected. Yet no matter who’s in the Oval Office, most procedures in government stay exactly the same. The Sanford School’s Ways & Means podcast features a conversation with behavioral economist Dan Ariely about why it’s so hard for government to change.
Dan Ariely in the Sanford School’s Ways and Means podcast
Donald Trump's anti-terrorism proposals would weaken America and lead to more terrorist attacks if they are carried out, writes David Schanzer of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
Hillary Clinton on Monday accused Donald Trump of aiding Islamic State recruitment, while Trump said she had helped weaken national security following bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey. “When bad news happens, (Clinton) wants to be able to say, this is why you need a steady hand on the tiller," says Peter Feaver.
Glad You Asked
Attacks on education hurt democracy
Education is more than job training, says English professor Priscilla Wald, who directs the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at Duke. It's essential to forming citizens of a democracy, and, she adds in this podcast, the humanities are a critical part of that training.
Priscilla Wald in the Glad You Asked podcast
911 Lawsuits
Law allowing 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia could harm global anti-terrorism efforts
The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) gives families and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks an avenue to pursue justice in American courts against Saudi Arabia, for what they believe is its connection to the terrorist attack. “Potentially any nation could be sued,” says law professor Curtis Bradley.
Curtis Bradley on ABC News
NC Governor’s Race
Duke Democrats and Republicans work to influence McCrory-Cooper gubernatorial contest
"Gov. McCrory has put this state back on a path of economic prosperity after inheriting a large deficit from the previous governor," writes Madison Laton, an intern for the McCrory campaign and vice chair of Duke College Republicans. Counters Steve Hassey, vice president of Duke Democrats, “Gov. McCrory has been a consistent defender of HB2 and has had to deal with the negative economic consequences of that support.”
Madison Laton and Steve Hassey in The Chronicle
The Choice: 2016
Examining the life stories of Clinton and Trump
Public policy professor Phil Bennett, a former managing editor of The Washington Post and PBS’ FRONTLINE, produced a documentary that looks at the life stories of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Rather than interviewing the candidates, the filmmakers talked with the people around them to better understand where they come from and what’s shaped them. Bennett discusses the documentary, which aired last night on PBS, with Sanford Dean Kelly Brownell.
Phil Bennett and Kelly Brownell in the Policy 360 podcast
Presidential Debate
Duke faculty give Clinton the edge in first debate
“Trump … lost an opportunity to gain some real momentum from the slow slippage of support from Secretary Clinton in North Carolina and elsewhere,” says public policy’s Mac McCorkle.
Duke faculty in Duke Today
Cartoon Festival
Thousands come to campus to hear cartoonists from around the world
For three days last week, Duke hosted political cartoonists from around the world discussing how their work helps shape public opinion, including on hot-button issues such as NC House Bill 2 and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Duke Today
Student Involvement
How Duke students are getting involved in political campaigns
“They’re overqualified, they have more free time than most people and they’re usually socially engaged and usually engaging. So they’re a perfect set of people if you can mobilize them,” says professor John Aldrich in an interview with The Chronicle on why students are valuable when it comes to political campaigns.
John Aldrich in The Chronicle
Government Innovation
Why is it so hard for government to change?
Every four years, candidates for office make their pitch to voters, including a laundry list of things they promise to change once elected. Yet no matter who’s in the Oval Office, most procedures in government stay exactly the same. The Sanford School’s Ways & Means podcast features a conversation with behavioral economist Dan Ariely about why it’s so hard for government to change.
Dan Ariely in the Sanford School’s Ways and Means podcast
Fighting Terrorism
Opinion: Donald Trump dangerously wrong on how to counter Islamic State
Donald Trump's anti-terrorism proposals would weaken America and lead to more terrorist attacks if they are carried out, writes David Schanzer of the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
David Schanzer in Cleveland.com
Presidential Race
Clinton, Trump trade barbs on national security
Hillary Clinton on Monday accused Donald Trump of aiding Islamic State recruitment, while Trump said she had helped weaken national security following bomb blasts in New York and New Jersey. “When bad news happens, (Clinton) wants to be able to say, this is why you need a steady hand on the tiller," says Peter Feaver.
Peter Feaver in Newsweek