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Alarming News From the NRA – Via a Calm, Steady Voice
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center comments on the marketing strategy of National Rifle Association News.
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Legal Challenges to Obama Health Law Could Cost Women
Birth control was not the first thing on Tracey L. Poston’s mind when she arrived at the University of Notre Dame as director of research compliance. But when she needed to replace her IUD the next year, she was shocked to discover that contraception was not included in her insurance. The cost had been covered by her previous employer, a Jesuit university, yet Notre Dame said it ran contrary to Roman Catholic doctrine. Ms. Poston, who’s not Catholic herself, felt that Notre Dame should not be intruding on her personal life.
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How to Get People to Delay Retirement
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School talks about older workers who are met with incentive to retire sooner rather than later.
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Muslim Ambassadors On an American Campus
You’re the only one, the Americans told Amnah Alkhan. We’ve never really talked with other girls who wear head scarves. Just you. Arizona State University, where Amnah is a senior, has no shortage of observant Muslim women who cover their hair with the scarf known as a hijab. There are 775 students, like Amnah, from Saudi Arabia; most of the women, though not all, wear the hijab. Some are fully veiled. Amnah is funny and frank and speaks with a directness that puts people at ease.
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Audio: Why Are Presidential Campaigns So Long? There’s Plenty of Blame to Go Around
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center talks about the length of the presidential campaign cycle.
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As Adjunct Professors Unionize, Debate Sharpens Over Cost to Schools
Recent moves by adjunct professors to unionize at Duke University, the University of Chicago and the University of Minnesota are heightening a debate over how much such steps will cost schools and whether the moves could radically shrink the jobs available to the low-level professors. A recent study found that U.S. universities’ costs could increase to a total of $24 billion from $4.3 billion for courses currently taught by adjuncts, if union targets for higher pay are met, according to a paper co-authored by Georgetown University business school professor Jason Brennan.
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Penn Study: ‘Concerning’ Rise in Opioid Prescriptions After Low-risk Surgeries
Mark Neuman of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “The growth we observe over time in opioid prescribing after surgery occurs against the backdrop of a major public health crisis of prescription opioid abuse.”
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GOP – Bioethics = Trump
Jonathan Moreno of the Perelman School of Medicine and the School of Arts & Sciences shares his thoughts on the role of bioethics and the Republican Party during the current presidential campaign season.
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8 Ways You Can Survive – And Thrive In – Midlife
Karen Reivich of the School of Arts & Sciences is cited for training Army personnel about resilience.
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Changing Skyline: Making Sense of Philadelphia’s Many Innovation Districts
Urban planners love an organizing concept. Cities originally built their economies around financial districts, but over the years they have pinned their hopes on other specialized centers, like arts districts, enterprise zones, science centers, and festival marketplaces. Today, every ambitious city dreams of having an innovation district.