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National Catholic Reporter
Joe Biden's very Catholic Cabinet
January 19, 2021
Historian Kathleen Sprows Cummings told NCR that while there were a few Catholic Cabinet members during the 19th century, they were outliers and "their Catholicism didn't matter to their public life in any discernible way."
ND Experts
American Studies
Bloomberg
Firefighters Want Halt on Money From Makers of PFAS-Laden Gear
January 19, 2021
She’s spent years advocating against the dangers of PFAS in gear, and helped bring about a study by Notre Dame physicist Graham Peaslee that exposed high levels of PFAS in turnout gear.
ND Experts
Experimental Nuclear Physics
CNN
How Trump's most consequential policies have changed America
January 17, 2021
Nearly 8 million more Americans have joined the ranks of the poor since June, according to researchers from the University of Chicago and University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)
RTE Radio 1
5 ways in which this inauguration will look and feel very different to any other
January 16, 2021
"It’s really been a rollercoaster," says Bob Schmuhl, Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
American Studies
Irish Independent
Trump lived up to the nickname by disrupting in ways we never could have imagined possible
January 16, 2021
Robert Schmuhl is professor emeritus of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
American Studies
Forbes
Informal Networks Provide 18% Of Americans’ Total Retirement Savings
January 15, 2021
Notre Dame Anthropologist Karen Richman and Stevens Institute of Technology’s Economist Joelle Saad-Lesslers’ recent research knocks me out.
ND Experts
Kellogg Institute for International Studies
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RTE Radio 1
Trump makes history as he's impeached for second time
January 14, 2021
Bob Schmuhl, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and Journalism at the University of Notre Dame, discusses the second impeachment of President Donald Trump.
ND Experts
American Studies
The Washington Post
What the 1798 Sedition Act got right — and what it means today
January 14, 2021
Katlyn Marie Carter is an assistant professor of history at the University of Notre Dame and currently a fellow at the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study.
ND Experts
Department of History
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CNN
US debt surged by $7 trillion under Trump. It will go much higher under Biden
January 14, 2021
Nearly 8 million more Americans have joined the ranks of the poor since June, according to researchers from the University of Chicago and University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Economics; Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO)