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Business Insider
One billionaire was minted every 30 hours during the pandemic. Now, a million people may fall into extreme poverty every 33 hours, Oxfam estimates.
May 23, 2022
In January 2021, 8.1 million Americans entered into poverty, Insider's Ayelet Sheffey reported, citing a study by the University of Chicago and University of Notre Dame economists.
Associated Press
Russian sentenced to life in Ukraine's 1st war crimes trial
May 23, 2022
Mary Ellen O’Connell, an expert on international law at the University of Notre Dame, said that putting Shishimarin on trial could prove “extremely detrimental to Ukrainian soldiers in the hands of Russia.”
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Catholic college graduates praised for pandemic resilience
May 22, 2022
When he was announced at Notre Dame, more than 3,300 graduates rose and waved Ukrainian flags in a show of solidarity with a nation under siege. Gudziak, who also is the head of external relations for the worldwide Ukrainian Catholic Church, said the university “has offered a singular response to the Russian invasion and devastation of Ukraine.”
National Catholic Reporter
At 2022 commencement ceremonies, an ecological theme for several Catholic colleges
May 21, 2022
Graduates at the University of Notre Dame also heard remarks from Sharon Lavigne, a Catholic environmental justice advocate and recipient of the school's 2022 Laetare Medal.
New York Magazine
Black Lives Matter’s National Organization Opens Its Books. What Do They Reveal?
May 20, 2022
“My impression is that they’re trying to clean up the transparency and accountability problems they’ve had, but they still have a lot of work to do,” Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School who specializes in nonprofits, said after reviewing the document.
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The Economist
The price of friendship: China has much to offer African governments, but it also wants much in return
May 20, 2022
Joshua Eisenman of the University of Notre Dame found that, in Ghana, the department had courted the New Patriotic Party (npp) even when it was out of government.
CNN
Deal or no deal, Elon Musk could upend Twitter’s business for a long time
May 19, 2022
“The places which are just cesspools of no content moderation have not taken off,” said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame. Thus, there could be conflict between Musk’s stated goal to grow Twitter’s business and his plans for how to handle content moderation.
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National Catholic Reporter
A Ukrainian academic on sabbatical experiences solidarity at Notre Dame
May 17, 2022
Since January, I have been at the University of Notre Dame for my research project. What distinguishes Notre Dame in the present context is its long friendship with Ukraine.
The New York Times
After Raising $90 Million in 2020, Black Lives Matter Has $42 Million in Assets
May 17, 2022
“I think they are doing what a lawyer in this situation would advise them to do, which is be as open as you possibly can be and be as accurate as you possibly can be,” said Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in nonprofits.
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Inside Higher Ed
New Presidents or Provosts: Fitchburg State U, Hampton U, Holy Cross College, Spartanburg Methodist College, Tennessee College of Applied Technology Morristown, U of Arkansas CC Batesville, U of Maryland Eastern Shore, U of Notre Dame, Vermont Law School
May 17, 2022
John T. McGreevy, Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History and former dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed Charles and Jill Fischer Provost there.
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Religion News Service
With Roe in peril, abortion rights advocates prepare appeals to religious liberty
May 17, 2022
Richard Garnett, director of Notre Dame University’s Program on Church, State and Society, expressed skepticism that religious freedom challenges to abortion restrictions could prevail.
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CBS News
McDonald's selling its Russian business
May 16, 2022
"This was the very best of a series of difficult choices," James O'Rourke, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business, said in an email.
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Yahoo
Big tech is fighting a new Texas law targeting social media — here's what happens next
May 16, 2022
“Even though there's been an increase in [use of the docket] the last few years, it is still relatively unusual for the Supreme Court to stay or vacate a stay of a lower court decision,” University of Notre Dame law professor Samuel Bray explains.
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CNN
If Elon Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account, it could pave the way for other platforms to do the same
May 13, 2022
Although far from perfect, Twitter has, at least historically, been viewed as “more nuanced in their content moderation” and as “trying to do the right thing more often than other platforms,” said Kristin Martin, professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame.
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Associated Press
Some Catholic abortion foes are uneasy about overturning Roe
May 13, 2022
Professor O. Carter Snead, who teaches law and political science at the University of Notre Dame, said via email that most Catholics engaging in anti-abortion activism “are not hard political partisans but rather people seeking to care for moms and babies by whatever means are available.”
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The New York Times
What does the 'post-liberal right' actually want?
May 13, 2022
This is a conversation about what Patrick Deneen’s “postliberal” political project looks like — and the tensions and contradictions it reveals about the modern populist right.
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Associated Press
Catholic cardinal, others arrested on Hong Kong security law
May 12, 2022
Zen’s arrest marks “the darkest day to date in the Chinese Communist Party’s incremental destruction of the vitality of Hong Kong and is likely to provoke a reconsideration by the Vatican of its several-year long diplomatic engagement with Beijing over the ordination of bishops,” said Lionel Jensen, associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Notre Dame, who helped welcome Zen to the U.S. school in 2019.
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Associated Press
Justices to meet for 1st time since leak of draft Roe ruling
May 12, 2022
Sherif Gergis, a University of Notre Dame law professor who once was a law clerk for Alito, agreed. “I’ll be surprised if it changes very much,” Gergis said.
The Washington Post
Hong Kong arrests 90-year-old cardinal on foreign collusion charges
May 11, 2022
Lionel Jensen, an associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Notre Dame, said Zen’s arrest “sounds the death knell of Hong Kong.”
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East Asian Languages and Cultures, History
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Associated Press
Running Twitter may be much harder than Elon Musk thinks
May 11, 2022
“If Musk is concerned that many people were upset that Trump was banned, he should see how many more people would be upset if Trump was not banned,” said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame.
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The Guardian
Reversing Trump Twitter ban will provoke user backlash, Elon Musk warned
May 11, 2022
Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame in Chicago, said Musk would face a backlash if he reinstated Trump’s account. “If Musk is concerned that many people were upset that Trump was banned, he should see how many more people would be upset if Trump was not banned,” she said. “Musk only appears to be worried about the opinion of a small group of individuals who incite violence or perpetuate hate speech.”
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Associated Press
Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump
May 10, 2022
“If Musk is concerned that many people were upset that Trump was banned, he should see how many more people would be upset if Trump was not banned,” said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame. “Musk only appears to be worried about the opinion of a small group of individuals who incite violence or perpetuate hate speech.”
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Our Sunday Visitor
Opening the Word: Mystery of the Kingdom
May 09, 2022
Catherine Cavadini, Ph.D., is the assistant chair of the Department of Theology and director of the master’s in theology program at the University of Notre Dame.
America
A better abortion debate is possible. Here’s where we can start.
May 09, 2022
And most of all, I would want people to read What It Means to Be Human, by O. Carter Snead.
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Catholic News Service
Supreme Court says Christian group can fly flag at City Hall
May 09, 2022
The program’s interim director, Nicole Stelle Garnett, a Notre Dame law professor, said this case provides the court with the chance to “clarify that religious voices are welcome in the public square and that our nation and communities are enriched by them.”
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The Washington Post
How do Americans really feel about abortion?
May 07, 2022
Tricia Bruce, a sociologist working with the University of Notre Dame who conducted a national survey on Americans’ attitudes on abortion in 2020, said she hears control-related language from people on both sides of the issue, such as: “We shouldn’t play God; that’s not for humans to do.” Or: “People shouldn’t tell strangers whether or not they should continue a pregnancy; that’s up to me.”
Los Angeles Times
Op-Ed: Pregnancy is risky. Losing access to abortion puts women’s lives at stake
May 06, 2022
Tamara Kay is a professor of global affairs and sociology at University of Notre Dame. Susan L. Ostermann is an assistant professor of global affairs and political science at University of Notre Dame. Tricia C. Bruce is a sociologist and an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at University of Notre Dame.
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The New York Times
Ten Books to Understand the Abortion Debate in the United States
May 06, 2022
‘What It Means to Be Human: The Case for the Body in Public Bioethics,’ by O. Carter Snead.
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Catholic News Service
Academics consider fallout, motivations from leak on Roe decision
May 06, 2022
Richard Garnett, a Notre Dame Law School professor who clerked for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 1996-97, wrote in a May 5 essay for Newsweek Magazine, that it is not yet clear who or what was the source of the leak, what were the leaker’s motives, whether the draft opinion reflects the court’s final decision or what will be the revelation’s electoral or political fallout in a midterm election year.
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New York Daily News
Why are Americans still ignoring our junk mail?
May 06, 2022
Notre Dame management professor James O’Rourke feared the agency could “go out of business” within a year without this intervention.
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