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PhD student Fabiola Ortiz discusses harassment on NY farms with NPR

Fabiola Ortiz '16 MA (Anth) and PhD student in anthropology was interviewed for the segment "A Sexual Harassment Nightmare in Rural New York" on NPR's Latino USA. "When you are an undocumented farmworker, you have very little resources," says Ortiz, who studies New York dairy farmworkers. "Maybe you don’t know the language well. Maybe you’re new to New York and you don’t know where you are." 02/15/18
February 15, 2018

See related: Agriculture

Miriam Elman discusses Trump's address on Jerusalem on NPR

"What Trump is trying to get the Palestinian authority to realize is that if they want an independent state and peace, then they are going to have to do it within Israel, whose capital happens to be in Jerusalem," says Miriam Elman, associate professor of political science.

December 7, 2017

Lovely discusses Trump's trip to Asia on NPR

Mary Lovely was a panelist for an NPR program on Trump's Pitch for Fair Trade in Asia.
November 13, 2017

Logan Strother discusses National Flood Insurance Program on NPR

Logan Strother '13 M.A. (PSc)/'17 Ph.D. (PSc) describes the NFIP as "a classic moral hazard, where people are shielded from the consequences of their actions and taxpayers pick up the burden."

September 20, 2017

Burman discusses tax reform on NPR

Leonard Burman was a guest on NPR's On Point radio program for a segment on American taxes, tax overhaul, and President Trump’s returns, "Tax Day Protests, Tax Plan Progress." 
April 20, 2017

Van Slyke comments on rage giving on NPR's Morning Edition

Dean David Van Slyke says organizations like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood "run the risk of new donors becoming just one-time donors."

March 21, 2017

See related: U.S. Elections

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