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Feeding the Next Generation
Less than an hour’s helicopter flight northwest of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince is the town of Anse Rouge, where the coastal landscape is a patchwork of squares, white mounds and tropical vegetation. Salt farming is the subsistence livelihood that Haitians…
This May Will Be the First U.K. Elections Held During a Pandemic Since 1918
Author Peter Keeling noted in History Today that this month, English, Scottish and Welsh voters will go to the polls in the first U.K. elections held during a pandemic since 1918. That year, amid an influenza epidemic that claimed the lives of tens…
Post-Brexit UK Announces Largest Military Spending Since Cold War
Britain announced its biggest military spending increase since the Cold War on Thursday, pledging to end the “era of retreat” as it seeks a post-Brexit role in a world Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned was more perilous than for decades….
Is There a “Right” Way to Decide A Quarantine Strategy?
Gladys McCormick, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School and Edwin Ackerman, assistant professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, authored an opinion piece for the Center for Strategic & International Studies, “Quarantine Is Not One Size Fits All:…
What the U.S. Needs to Safely Reopen the Country
Brittany Kmush, assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Falk College, was interviewed by CGTN America for “The Heat: Wuhan lifts travel restrictions” and a Sinclair Broadcasting Group national correspondent in Washington, D.C., for the story “Doctors point…
Iran’s Response to President Trump’s Newest Sanctions
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the Think Progress article “Asked about war with Iran, Trump says ‘I don’t do exit strategies’.” In the article, Boroujerdi commented on a potential Iranian response to President…
The Future of the U.S.-China Trade Relationship
Mary Lovely, professor of economics in the Maxwell School, was a featured guest on the Knowledge@Wharton program for a segment about the U.S.-China trade dispute. During the podcast, Lovely said that “one can very glibly say, ‘Well you can just get…