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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology, says that President-elect Biden’s inauguration ‘theater of unity’ will be more powerful than the violence of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Law and Policy

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Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School, says a new Department of Labor rule will require employers to pay significantly higher wages for H-1B and other foreign national employees. 

Law and Policy

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Sabrina Karim, professor of government, studies the security sector and police reform and comments on the Jan. 6 assault of the U.S. Capitol. 

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David Bateman, professor of government at Cornell University, says the politics of Georgia and other southern states, along with tight margins of party control in Congress, will force leaders to consider new legislative strategies.

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Mabel Berezin, professor of sociology at Cornell University and an expert on international populism and fascism, weighs in on the threats to democracy presented by President Trump and his allies as the November 2020 is certified this week.

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Kim Weeden, professor of sociology and director of Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality, says a new White House executive order addresses that some regulation is necessary to protect consumers, but occupational licensing creates inequality in the workforce.

Law and Policy

Economics and Business

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Joe Margulies, professor of law and government at Cornell University, says if the bill passes in New York City it will accelerate a national trend against solitary confinement, but he also warns of the importance of ensuring jails don’t continue the practice under a different name.

New York City

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Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law at Cornell Law School and co-author of a leading 21-volume immigration law series, says many people will be denied asylum as a result of a new final rule being published by the Trump administration's Departments of Justice and Homeland Security. 

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George Hay, antitrust expert and former member of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, comments on new lawsuits accusing Facebook of illegally cutting down competition.

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Law, Government & Public Policy

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Kenneth Roberts says the Venezuelan election results this week illustrate the Trump administration’s failure to elevate political alternatives, and that the country’s ongoing crises will land on President-elect Biden’s foreign policy plate. 

International

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