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Max Kapustin, expert on interventions to improve life outcomes of disadvantaged youth and adults, says while there is not enough data to know the impact of “ghost guns,” the measures are a step in the right direction.

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Law and Policy

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Uriel Abulof says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will need ‘all the magic he can muster’ to form a governing coalition in the wake of elections.

Law and Policy

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Kati Griffith, professor of labor relations, law and history, says that if the Supreme Court sides with property owners in a case being argued this week, it will render farmworker rights "meaningless." 

Law and Policy

Industrial and Labor Relations

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

Law and Policy

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Olúfémi Táíwò, professor of Africana studies, and Noliwe Rooks, director of American studies and professor of Africana studies, comment on the city of Evanston approving a reparations program.

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

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Cornell University experts available to weigh in on immigration legislation up for a vote in the House of Representatives.

Law and Policy

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Richard Stup, agricultural workforce specialist, says growth of American farms is constrained due to demand for farm labor not met by the domestic population and passing the Farm Workforce Modernization Act would be a major step in stabilizing the agricultural workforce.

Law and Policy

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

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Valerie Hans, professor of law at Cornell Law School, has conducted extensive research and written widely on juries. She says the legitimacy of the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin depends on the jury for being racially representative.

Law and Policy

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Shannon Gleeson, professor of labor relations, law and history at Cornell University, says the Biden administrations granting of Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelans in the U.S., while providing much needed work authorization, will present challenges in its implementation.

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Industrial and Labor Relations

Law and Policy

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Despite CDC recommendations that farmworkers should be one of the first groups selected for COVID-19 vaccinations, some of the top farming states have not prioritized agricultural workers. Beth Lyon and Mary Jo Dudley are available to discuss the importance of vaccinating farmworkers.

Labor Relations & Human Resources

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Law and Policy

Law School

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