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  • 2025.02.06 Levine falling birthrates red states The New York Times

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    Prioritizing areas with higher birthrates sends more federal funding to Republican states: “Clearly this is helping red states,” said economics professor Phillip Levine who studies falling birthrates.

  • 2025.01.27 Matthes the world needs more caretakers Zocalo Public Square

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    Philosophy professor Erich Hatala Matthes: “Who we are is defined in part by the things that we think are worth caring for, and whether we care for these things, in turn, shapes our sense of self.”

  • 2025.01.26 Matthes what to save and why BBC

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    From family heirlooms to threatened languages; old buildings to endangered species – how do we decide what’s worth saving? Philosopher Erich Hatala Matthes joins Zara Janjua to discuss his new book.

  • 2025.01.22 Levine Trump college budgets Chronicle of Higher Education

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    Economics professor Phillip Levine reflects on what Trump means for college budgets: decreased federal funding and fewer international students could cause belt-tightening.

  • 2025.01.22 Jocelyn Benson class of 1999 running for governor The New York Times

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    Jocelyn Benson ’99, Michigan’s Secretary of State, is running for governor. Benson, a Democrat, jumped into a high-profile and potentially crowded race to lead one of the top battleground states.

  • 2025.01.20 Carter Jackson World of Wellesley MLK Day Lunch The Swellesley Report

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    More than 150 people gathered at the annual World of Wellesley MLK Day lunch, where Africana studies professor Kellie Carter Jackson spoke on Black resistance and attendees discussed related topics.

  • 2025.01.20 Carter Jackson keynote speaker Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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    Keynote speaker Kellie Carter Jackson: “I contend that the opposite of violence is not nonviolence, the opposite of violence is the fullness of Black humanity bound together with joy.”

  • 2025.01.20 Turner booming battery business IMPO Magazine

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    “The price of batteries and renewable generation has fallen so much that batteries and solar and wind, when put together, are so cost-competitive,” says environmental studies professor Jay Turner.

  • 2025.01.20 Rivera-Rideau salsa reggaeton Bad Bunny Rolling Stone

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    Although salsa achieved commercial success in the 70s, it was “in many ways comparable to how people thought of reggaeton when it first began,” says professor Petra Rivera-Rideau.