In the News
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February 9, 2021
Only Republican leaders can restore voters’ confidence in the security of U.S. elections, and only by firmly repudiating Donald Trump’s fraud claims, says Nicholas Valentino, professor of political science: “We’ve seen in many other countries how democracy fails, and it fails most often in this way because electoral outcomes are not considered legitimate by the citizens themselves.”
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February 8, 2021
“What bothers me about the current (economic stimulus) debate … is that it sidesteps the huge intergenerational inequity. Children face the lowest risk of health damage from COVID-19, yet they will be the ones who have to pay off this extra federal debt when they are adults, even though we’ve made it harder for them to do so by wrecking a year of their education and social development,” said Hoyt Bleakley, professor of economics.
Newsweek -
February 8, 2021
“Ultimately, a lot of those same ideologies from the slave days really underlie these same kinds of ‘Karen’ practices, the idea that white people are superior and that there should be some natural order or that Black people for some reason are just nefarious. They’re born bad, and so they deserve to be patrolled,” said Apryl Williams, assistant professor of communication and media.
Harvard Law Today -
February 8, 2021
Many patients seeking help for mental health issues want to continue their psychiatric care via video or phone calls, rather than go back to in-person visits after the pandemic, says Jennifer Severe, assistant professor of psychiatry, who favors more of a blended approach: “There might be a lack of important physical exam approaches and communication techniques that might be missing.”
The Jewish Voice -
February 5, 2021
Some may argue that the Capitol rioters came in with the sole purpose of expressing their views, while others were clearly reckless and violent, says Barbara McQuade, professor of law from practice: “I would think the prosecutor would perhaps weigh those two cases differently and would be more likely to file charges in the latter case, even though both might technically qualify.”
The New York Times -
February 5, 2021
“It’s not enough to offer technological solutions to these seniors: They need someone — an adult child, a grandchild, an advocate — who can help them engage with the health care system and get these vaccines,” said Preeti Malani, U-M’s chief health officer and director of a national poll that found that about half of Black and Hispanic older adults do not have online “patient portal” accounts with their health care providers.
PBS NewsHour -
February 5, 2021
“If you do that, you must have failures. It’s intrinsic if you’re doing it right. If this policy makes sense, it makes sense because you’re targeting enterprises where it makes a big difference,” said Jim Hines, professor of economics and law, on former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s use of economic incentives to lure high-tech and sustainable businesses to the state.
The Detroit News -
February 4, 2021
“I hope the Biden administration and our many allies in Asia are able to remind Myanmar’s military leaders how bad things were for their country before they embarked on political reforms a decade ago,” said Dan Slater, professor of political science and director of U-M’s Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, commenting on this week’s military coup in the Southeast Asian nation.
TIME -
February 4, 2021
“We’ve got a lot of work to do. The estimates of one in 800 Black Americans that have been killed by COVID-19 is really disturbing. … We know that there’s differential access to opportunities that promote health in terms of having access to food and housing, financial security, the types of jobs that people are working,” said Enrique Neblett, professor of health behavior and health education.
CNN -
February 4, 2021
“The more socially vulnerable or socially disadvantaged the county is, the higher the likelihood of COVID cases and deaths,” said Renuka Tipirneni, assistant professor of internal medicine, whose research found that the coronavirus infected and killed more people in U.S. counties with higher populations of people whose second language is English, who live in crowded conditions and who live in single parent families.
Detroit Free Press
