Cornell University experts are available to weigh in on a newly proposed $3 trillion infrastructure plan for infrastructure, schools and families.

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Cornell University environmental historian Aaron Sachs, also a fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, says that a proposed Green New Deal would be similar to the original New Deal in its focus on serving vulnerable members of society.

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Andrew Karolyi, professor of finance and economics at the SC Johnson College of Business, and Erica Groshen, a faculty member at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comment on the release of first quarter GDP estimates.  

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Starting March 1, 2020, New York’s ban on single-use plastic bags will take effect. Just this week, the state Department of Environmental Conservation released its final regulations to govern the ban. Mildred Warner is a professor of city and regional planning and an expert on how to promote environmental sustainability at the local level says while New York’s hybrid model for banning plastic bags with a fee on alternatives is key, if there are loopholes – such as thickness requirements – the plastic bag manufacturers and retailers will take advantage. 

New York State

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Maria Cristina Garcia is a professor of History and Latino studies at Cornell University, and says that the predominant winners of a change in child detention policy are the immigration facilities.

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Kristin Roebuck, professor of history at Cornell University, is a historian of modern Japan and says that procedures around Emperor Akihito’s abdication highlight the power of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to both preserve and modernize elements of the royal tradition. 

International

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Sarah Kreps, professor of government, and Drew Margolin, professor of communication, comment on efforts by Congress to limit access to TikTok on government devices and the larger security issues surrounding the Chinese-owned social media company.

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Kathleen Bergin, professor of law at Cornell Law School, is an expert in disaster and constitutional law and says that federal agencies will need to coordinate to provide relief to families, but it remains to be seen how effective agencies will be in providing aid to those already made vulnerable by COVID-19 pandemic, including immigrants.

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Lori Khatchadourian, comments on the political upheaval and street protests that have gripped Armenia over the last two weeks, prompting the resignation of the country’s prime minister, Serzh Sargsyan.

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Noliwe Rooks, professor of American studies at Cornell University and author of the book “Cutting School: Privatization, Segregation, and The End of Public Education,” says that segregation persists in American schools in large part due to white parents’ unwillingness to send their children to schools where they would have Black classmates.

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