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The Conversation
Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence
July 01, 2024
By Matthew Hall, Professor of Constitutional Studies, Political Science and Law, University of Notre Dame.
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Time
Swifties Band Together to Show Palestinian Solidarity at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
June 25, 2024
Erin Rossiter, one of the researchers, says that while it’s not clear the extent to which Swifties’ complaints led to the U.S. Department of Justice suing Ticketmaster and its parent company, she and her colleague “like to think and speculate” that this grassroots effort among Swifties “shed light on this issue.”
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Russia and North Korea sign mutual defense agreement in case of "aggression", a success for Kim Jong-un
June 21, 2024
“This pact, added to the evident flow of North Korean weapons to the Russian front in Ukraine, shows the extent to which each leader feels the pinch of global political and economic isolation,” George A. López, researcher at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, points out to this newspaper..
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The Conversation
Court blocks grants to Black women entrepreneurs in case that could restrict DEI efforts by companies and charities
June 19, 2024
The Conversation asked Angela R. Logan, a scholar of nonprofit administration and diversity, equity and inclusion policies, to explain the significance of this case, American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund Management, and what’s at stake.
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Who really controls our food and water? Here are the 6 most shocking revelations from "The Grab"
June 18, 2024
Additionally, Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine further intensifies its climate consequences, scientists said. “The humanitarian disaster is of the utmost importance — the number of deaths and structures that were destroyed — but the collateral damage is intense destruction to the atmosphere,” explained Debra Javeline, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame.
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South China Morning Post
The US wants to decouple its military supplies from China – but can it?
June 18, 2024
Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, said the US still had significant advantages, saying the relationship is “not equally dependent” as the US economy is more flexible and innovative, and it has access to more alternative suppliers than China.
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‘Politically homeless’ Latter-day Saints dissatisfied with 2024 candidates
June 18, 2024
That a Republican nominee for president is not gaining majority support from Latter-day Saints is significant, says David Campbell, director of the Notre Dame Democracy Initiative. “This is a strongly Republican group,” Campbell said. “They should be strongly behind Trump, but they’re not.”
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Why are young voters backing Trump and older voters supporting Biden? Experts explain
June 14, 2024
A number of major issues, at home and abroad, could be driving younger voters away from Biden and toward Trump, multiple experts said...America’s involvement in Israel’s war against Hamas “is obviously a big reason for it,” Geoffrey Layman, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame, told McClatchy News.
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The Washington Post
Men’s brains change when they become dads
June 14, 2024
“So the idea is that declining testosterone as men are transitioning to fatherhood resets focus and priorities … onto the family,” said Lee Gettler, a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame and lead author of the testosterone study.
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The Surprising Way Men's Brains Change After They Become Parents
June 14, 2024
Lee Gettler is a professor of anthropology at the University of Notre Dame who has published a number of studies about hormonal changes in fathers.
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The New York Times
Young Women Are Fleeing Organized Religion. This Was Predictable.
June 13, 2024
In their 2010 book, “American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us,” Robert Putnam and David Campbell described the change in attitudes among religious Americans that began taking place in the 1970s.
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National Geographic
Becoming a dad comes with a lot of changes—including to your health
June 13, 2024
"Children who grow up with invested fathers have better social, emotional, and academic outcomes than children without such fathers," says Lee Gettler, a biological anthropologist and director of the Hormones, Health, and Human Behavior Lab at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Guardian
‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says
June 13, 2024
“What Trump and Republicans did was they tried to make the point that something nefarious was going on in areas that were primarily African American,” said David Wilson, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, who published the study with Darren Davis, a professor of political science at Notre Dame.
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Chicago Tribune
From prehistoric pottery to beer cans, dig at Collier Lodge is a lesson in revealing history
June 11, 2024
The group, comprised of volunteers brought together by the Kankakee Valley Historical Society and Notre Dame Anthropology Professor Mark Schurr, have opened up three units since the dig began last Tuesday.
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Economic Issues Heading into the Election
June 11, 2024
A recent study found that 91% of adult Gen Zers surveyed said housing affordability will influence their presidential pick; while, on the other hand, millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers all said the economy was their top issue in the upcoming presidential election. Joining us now to talk about this more is Jeffrey Campbell, professor of macroeconomics at the University of Notre Dame. (Wed., June 5; starts at 16:42)
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We will live with Putin’s war long after he is gone
June 07, 2024
“No one knows why the Russian government does anything, but it now has an economy centered on the war effort. It is not considering climate change and carbon reductions in 2030 or 2050,” said Susanne Wengle, a professor of political science at Notre Dame.
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Marketplace
How did the closely watched jobs report get its start?
June 06, 2024
“When it was created, its main work was what they called special investigations, to look at what was called the ‘labor questions,’” said Thomas Stapleford, an economic historian at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Economist
The undoing of Roe v Wade has created a mighty political movement
June 05, 2024
“We’re not talking about a massive tide of people turning out,” says David Campbell, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame.
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Concert ticket fiasco got Taylor Swift fans into politics
June 05, 2024
University of Notre Dame researchers Erin Rossiter, a professor of political science, and Jeff Harden, a professor in the political science department, tested a political science theory called “issue publics.”
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Associated Press
With time short, veterans seize the chance to keep their D-Day memories alive for others
June 04, 2024
Ian Johnson, the P. J. Moran Family Assistant Professor of Military History at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the significance of D-Day and how everyone knew it would happen; they just did not know when.
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Kentucky Air Guard plane to fly over France to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
June 04, 2024
Ian Johnson is referenced to describe the international tension surrounding D-Day.
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Video: Bishop Barron Presents Patrick J. Deneen — Freedom, Truth, and the Political Order
June 03, 2024
Patrick J. Deneen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, spoke with Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rocherster in Minnesota about the failure of liberalism, the true meaning of freedom, the American project, the attenuation of Catholic identity, and more.
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‘God’s influencer’: Miracles of the first millennial saint
May 28, 2024
Interview with Kathleen Sprows Cummings, a professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and the author of “A Saint of Our Own: How the Quest for a Holy Hero Helped Catholics Become American.”
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NBC News
First millennial saint could be canonized as early as end of 2025
May 26, 2024
Religious scholars say a Saint Carlo could be a game changer for the Church struggling to recruit the next generation. “Could it be possible that Saint Carlo would be the new patron saint of the internet? Absolutely,” said NBC contributor Kathleen Sprows Cummings, author of the book “A Saint of Our Own.”
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NBC News
The Justice Department wants to 'break up Live Nation.' Taylor Swift fans are ready for it.
May 24, 2024
Swift fans are “very good at bonding together, using their own time and resources to solve problems,” said Jeff Harden, a political science professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame president’s commencement address inspires hope: Leland Vittert
May 22, 2024
We found hope at another commencement address that received no coverage - that's the president of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame Launches New Poverty Initiative
May 22, 2024
The University of Notre Dame announced earlier this year that it will be launching a new academic initiative focused on studying and combating poverty. The new Poverty Initiative is supported by a $100 million gift from an alumni couple, the largest donation to an academic priority in Notre Dame’s history. Spotlight spoke recently with Jim Sullivan, a professor of economics who heads the university’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities and will lead the new Initiative.
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Podcast: Style All the Way Down
May 21, 2024
Notre Dame professor of English Joyelle McSweeney on sound, style icons, and the Ovidian landscape of her ear canal.
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WNDU
Concerns about state of democracy in U.S. expressed at Notre Dame forum
May 21, 2024
This week, [Notre Dame] is hosting its inaugural Global Democracy Conference. Serious concerns were expressed at a panel discussion on the state of democracy in the U.S. “I fear that we are going to rip apart as a country because so many of the things that used to unify Americans, no longer do,” said Notre Dame’s David Campbell. “Democrats usually have more elaborate systems about this, but the Trump campaign has also been mobilizing 100,000 election observers,” explained Notre Dame’s Christina Wolbrecht.
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WSBT TV
Two new murals completed at Foundry Field in South Bend
May 21, 2024
Notre Dame Center for Social Concerns Assistant Director Mike Hebbeler said, "We have such a rich history here in South Bend. Some of our stories get told prominently, others not so much. So these murals of Uncle Bill's Softball team and Seabe Gavin take stories that are, perhaps on the periphery, and really put them as central stories to our town's history and we celebrate their contributions."