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Sidney Tarrow, professor emeritus of government and adjunct professor of law at Cornell University comments on the assassination of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, which occurred 50 years ago June 5.

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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its monthly job report. Since the end of the Great Recession, the labor market improved steadily and analysts will be looking at the numbers in the job report for clues on how much longer that expansion will last, says Erica Groshen. Goshen is a visiting senior scholar at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations.   

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Lawrence Glickman, professor of history at Cornell University and author of “Buying Power, a history of consumer activism in America”, comments on recent boycotts against companies that work with the NRA.

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The recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes significant changes to a major agricultural insurance program for dairy farmers. The bill generates new guidelines for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers (MPP-Dairy) and, according to Cornell University agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic, highlights challenges for agriculture as Congress moves toward a new Farm Bill.

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Cornell University’s Shannon Gleeson, a professor of labor relations, law and history at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, comments on Trump's highly anticipated budget proposal will include $23 billion devoted to building a border wall along Mexico’s border and increased investment in immigration enforcement.

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Aija Leiponen, professor at Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, comments on the possibility of a AT&T-Time Warner merger and its impact on consumers.

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Manoj Thomas, professor of marketing at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and an expert in consumer behavior, weighs in on the issue of labor standards in the restaurant industry and proposed changes on the way workplaces can share tips among their employees.

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Mona Krewel, an assistant professor of government at Cornell University, comments on the possibility of snap elections and what that would mean for Germany and Angela Merkel's future.

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Glenn Altschuler, professor of American studies at Cornell University, says the two-party system, unlike the general US population, is becoming less diverse and therefore less effective.

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This week President Trump will embark in his first visit to Asia, a 13-day trip with scheduled stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. The trip is seen as a chance for the administration to clarify its stance on outstanding foreign policy issues in the region, such as the handling of North Korea and U.S. leadership in the Pacific. Cornell experts Annelise Riles, Barry Strauss and Andrew Mertha are available to discuss some of the thorniest issues to confront the U.S. delegation during the trip.

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