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‘Afghanistan Papers’ expose unaccountable war spending, corruption

December 9, 2019

Sarah Kreps, professor of government and international relations at Cornell University, says that while Americans knew about rising casualties resulting from the war in Afghanistan, they were unaware of the financial cost and corruption exposed by the Afghanistan Papers.

Law and Policy

International

Arts and Sciences

Procedural questions to shape impeachment trajectory

December 5, 2019

David Bateman, professor of government, says that it might just take a few Republican members shifting their positions for conviction to be possible in the Senate.

Law and Policy

Arts and Sciences

Bloomberg’s campaign to raise profile of climate innovations

November 25, 2019

Natalie Mahowald says Mayor Bloomberg is on the right track for mitigating and adapting to climate change and will raise the profile of the topic now that he has entered the presidential race.

Law and Policy

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Public impeachment hearings to offer check on 'imperial presidency'

November 13, 2019

Doug Kriner, professor of government, is available to discuss the public impeachment hearings and how they might influence continued congressional oversight of the president.

Law and Policy

Morales ousting adds new fuel to social conflict in Bolivia, region

November 13, 2019

Political uncertainty accelerated in Bolivia after the ousting of once-hugely popular leader, Evo Morales, over the weekend. Kenneth Roberts says that the institutional vacuum is magnified by broader civil unrest in Bolivia and beyond.

Law and Policy

International

By banning political ads, Twitter admits unique threat of social media

October 30, 2019

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Wednesday the company will stop accepting political ads starting Nov. 22, a decision that comes amid intense scrutiny of social media companies’ handling of such ads.

Law and Policy

Supreme Court to decide LGTBQ+ civil rights, ‘right to work’

October 8, 2019

Stephen Vider, assistant professor of history at Cornell University, says that the upcoming employment discrimination cases heard by the Supreme Court represent a critical shift in LGBTQ+ law.

Law and Policy

Social & Behavioral Sciences

Arts & Humanities

States’ rights at the center of California auto emission conflict

September 18, 2019

David Bateman says that the conflict between California and the Trump administration over auto emissions will expose potentially counter-intuitive positions on states’ rights among political actors.

Law and Policy

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

White House abdicates global leadership with proposed cuts to refugee program

September 6, 2019

Maria Cristina Garcia says that changes proposed by the White House to U.S. refugee programs are unconscionable given that refugee admissions quota is at its lowest level since 1980.

Law and Policy

Cornell in DC