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Professor Jeffrey Sachs was interviewed by CGTV

Experts: Pelosi visit to dent global investment moves, China-U.S. ties

According to Sachs, Pelosi’s trip was one that should never have taken place. By undertaking such a trip, the U.S. Speaker has behaved in an irresponsible manner. As for U.S. President Joe Biden, the trip is evidence that he does not have the mettle or stature needed to be a global leader.

EurekAlert! reported a study by Professor Bruce Western.

Rates of solitary confinement of incarcerated people with mental illness three times higher than those without mental illness 

The study, by researchers at Boston University, Columbia University, and Harvard University, appears in Criminology, a publication of the American Society of Criminology.

Read the full article here.

Professor Mae Ngai was quoted in NBC News

A student from China told the University of Utah her boyfriend was threatening her. She was found dead weeks later.

Colonists didn’t “bother to register what any individual looked like, because they didn’t see them as individuals.” 

Dr. Partha Chatterjee was featured in The Wire

Govt Has Created Climate of Fear, Intellectuals Hesitate to Express Dissent: Partha Chatterjee

Historian Partha Chatterjee discusses the Hindu rashtra, future of Indian secularism and India's emerging political culture, among other issues.