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September 24, 2020
Reckoning with Race (Keith A. Wailoo)
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September 24, 2020
Checks and Balances? (Sarah Staszak)
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Juan Pablo Alvarez Enriquez MPA ’22
Community Profile, Policy Profile
September 24, 2020
Juan Pablo Alvarez Enriquez MPA ’22
“During a bone-marrow transplant, they extract your blood, separate your cells, and return the blood to your body. I know this because I was my brother’s donor. He was at the end of his road with leukemia, but he was too ill for a transplant. A prominent oncologist in #Mexico told us there was a drug in the U.S. that could help…
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September 23, 2020
Q&A: The Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This week, many mourn the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an advocate and champion for women’s rights, who died at 87 from complications of pancreatic cancer. In this Q&A, we discuss Ginsburg’s role on the Court, her legacy, and what lies ahead with the Court’s vacant seat with two Princeton…
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September 21, 2020
Politics & Polls #202: Restoring American Democracy Featuring David Frum
Regardless of who wins the 2020 presidential election, American politics will be forever impacted by Trump's presidency. In this episode, author David Frum discusses how America can rebuild — the subject of his new book, "Trumpocalypse: Restoring American Democracy" — with Julian Zelizer. Frum is a senior editor The Atlantic…
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September 21, 2020
Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than the Elderly
As people age, they tend to report more acute or chronic pain — a common sign of getting older. Yet, in the United States, middle-aged adults are now reporting more pain than the elderly, according to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This paradoxical finding is confined to the…
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September 21, 2020
Mental Illness Treatment Varies Widely Among American Adolescents Within and Across ZIP Codes
Children are struggling with mental health issues more now than perhaps ever before, though the treatment available — therapy, drugs, or both — differs widely from state to state. Using a national database of insurance claims, Princeton University researchers investigated the type of treatment adolescents — most of whom…
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Christina Henderson MPA ’12
Community Profile, Changemakers, Features
September 18, 2020
Christina Henderson MPA ’12
Christina Henderson MPA ’12 is a graduate alumnus of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. She was born in New York City and moved around the country with her military family. As an undergraduate student, she attended Furman University where she studied political science. She then came to Princeton develop…
Christina Henderson MPA ’12
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September 17, 2020
Politics & Polls #201: Mobilizing Young Voters Featuring Vote100
Young voters are notoriously criticized for not making it to the ballot boxes. What motivates young people to vote? And how we can ensure that more college-aged students make it to the polls this fall? In this episode, Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang are joined by Emma Parish ’21 and Kesavan Srivilliputhur ’23, two Princeton…
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Riley Owens '22
Community Profile, Policy Profile
September 16, 2020
Riley Owens '22
“I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Many of us volunteer two years of our lives to go anywhere in the world, serving communities and sharing our beliefs with people who are interested in hearing them. After my freshman year at @princeton and a White House Internship, I chose to serve and was asked…
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