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July 3, 2024
“The debate was a redux of some previous arguments and grievances that existed. The fact that any amount of time was spent in a presidential debate on golf handicaps is comical. You want the focus to be on an optimistic vision. … This one was more about petty politics,” said Aaron Kall, director of U-M Debate, on the recent Biden-Trump presidential debate.
The Dallas Morning News -
July 3, 2024
“By age 2 or 3, children are likely eating more ultraprocessed foods on any given day than a fruit or vegetable, especially if they’re poor and don’t have enough money in their family to have enough quality food to eat. Ultraprocessed foods are cheap and literally everywhere, so this is also a social justice issue,” said Ashley Gearhardt, professor of psychology.
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July 3, 2024
“This case does reify the protection of the free speech of (social) platforms, which are not government agencies. At the same time, this does mean that misinformation can be propagated more easily — as often bad misleading information is protected by free speech rules as well,” said Cliff Lampe, professor of information, on a Supreme Court decision that permits the government to nudge tech companies to remove falsehoods.
Forbes -
July 3, 2024
“Detroit is an extraordinarily surveilled city. There are cameras everywhere. If all of this surveillance technology really did what it claims to, Detroit would be one of the safest cities in the country,” said Molly Kleinman, managing director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
The New York Times -
June 26, 2024
President Biden’s executive order to protect immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation “benefits American families and protects the rights of U.S. citizens to marry the person they love, keep their families together and even live in their own country. Beyond helping families, this change will have far-reaching economic benefits for the communities — and country — where they live,” co-wrote Kristina Fullerton Rico, predoctoral fellow at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center for Racial Justice.
Yahoo News U.K. -
June 26, 2024
“Patient-centered reporting requirements are (a) way of ensuring that those who experience racism and other forms of discrimination during obstetric care are heard. Racism is what the patient says it is and hospital systems must attend to those experiences,” said Emily Dove-Medows, assistant professor of nursing.
Michigan Advance -
June 26, 2024
“The medications used for abortion are safer than a lot of the medicines we use every day for other things — that was really shocking to me. As far as riskiness goes, it’s pretty small potatoes compared to some other things we learn in clinical practice every day,” said Allison Ruff, clinical associate professor of internal medicine.
National Public Radio -
June 26, 2024
Americans are more divided by their level of involvement in politics than by which party they belong to, says Yanna Krupnikov, professor of communication and media: “What we found really surprising is that on a number of issues … there was actually less division between uninvolved Democrats and Republicans than within (their) party by the extent to which people were involved in politics.”
The New York Times -
June 26, 2024
“Abortion restrictions not only affect young people who become pregnant or seek an abortion. These restrictions are affecting how young people think about voting, where they should choose to live, study and work, and how to control their fertility. Abortion restrictions may also have serious impacts on young people’s mental health,” said Julie Maslowsky, associate professor of nursing.
Fast Company -
June 19, 2024
“I get upset when I see that some people of my generation, particularly lesbians in my generation, aren’t sympathetic to the trans movement or feel that it’s marginalizing lesbians and queer women. Lesbians are marginalized, but it’s not because of the trans movement,” said Holly Hughes, professor of theatre and drama.
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