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On Thursday, American eyes were fixated on a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Christine Blasey Ford gave a heartfelt accounting of what she recalled as an attempted sexual assault in the summer of 1982.
Category Archives: New York University
Who Lost Russia?’ Isn’t Just an Academic Debate
These days, Russia is merely a big football for Americans. There's little demand for nuance, as some old Russia hands complained to Keith Gessen for his excellent article published in the New York Times Magazine over the weekend.
Noise exposure becoming ‘the new secondhand smoke’
One of the quietest places in this noisy city is in the middle of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which draws 7 million visitors a year. Most don't know of the tiny Astor Chinese Garden Court tucked deep within the giant museum.
Harvard alumnus is Trump’s nominee for Federal Reserve vice chairman
President Trump announced his intention to nominate Richard Clarida, a respected economist and Pacific Investment Management Co. global strategic adviser, as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Zuckerberg faces ‘Grandpa’ questions from lawmakers
Mark Zuckerberg faced two days of grilling before House and Senate committees Tuesday and Wednesday to address Facebook's privacy issues and the need for more regulation for the social media site. Yet the hearings in Washington managed to showcase the normally press-shy Zuckerberg's ability to perform as an able and well-rehearsed, if a bit stiff, CEO of one of the world's biggest companies - and the degree to which much of Congress appears befuddled about technology and the relevant issues.
Report: Democrats would need huge wave to win US House
A report released Monday suggests Democrats might have to temper their enthusiasm about climbing back to power during this year's midterm elections. To win a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats would need a tremendous electoral wave not seen in more than 40 years to overcome Republican advantages from gerrymandered districts in key states, according to an analysis from the Brennan Center for Justice .
Supreme Court takes up 2nd major partisan redistricting case
In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017, file photo, the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court has already heard, but not decided, a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics.
News 27 Mins Ago Supreme Court takes up 2nd major partisan redistricting case
The Supreme Court has already heard a major case about political line-drawing that has the potential to reshape American politics. Now, before even deciding that one, the court is taking up another similar case.
New Liberal SOTU Rule: Don’t Call President Trump’s Speech Presidential
Oh, this is a great laugh. Alex Griswold of The Washington Free Beacon captured classic Trump Derangement Syndrome hours before the president's State of the Union address slated for 9 P.M. EST.
VIDEO: Jesse Watters Asks College Snowflakes About Halloween Costumes …
Fox News host Jesse Watters of "Watters World" hit New York University to ask college students what Halloween costumers they found offensive and if President Trump "scared them." Unsurprisingly, the responses were absolutely ridiculous.
Top Executives Ditch Clinton’s Laureate Education Company
Top executives at a company with ties to former President Bill Clinton called Laureate Education are leaving the firm only months after they launched its IPO, The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group has learned. The Baltimore-based company became an issue during the 2016 presidential election campaign when the public learned it paid Clinton nearly $18 million over a period of five years to serve as a consultant and "honorary chancellor."
New Analysis Counters Claim that Federal Workforce Grew in Recent Years
The perpetual quest for the right size of an effective U.S. government should start with a realistic inventory of the "blended workforce" of civil servants, contractors and grant recipients, a scholar of government argued in a new pair of papers with fresh research. "Most experts agree that the federal leadership hierarchy is now much too tall, wide and isolating, but the flattening must be done with care, not through benign or deliberate neglect," wrote Paul C. Light, professor of public service at New York University and a long-time specialist in government reform.
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In Saturday's Citizen, CNC philosophy and history instructor Reuben Gabriel talked about the student audience of higher education in Canada. In her column today, UNBC political science professor Tracy Summerville also explores that relationship between students and professors.
Sexual orientation Title VII cases work way toward Supreme Court
When the Trump Justice Department last month asserted that civil rights laws don't protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation, it clashed with another part of the administration - the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - which previously claimed that the laws did apply. Federal appeals judges are also at odds.
Growing cast of lawyers signing up to defend Trump and team
As the government's Russia investigations heat up, a growing cast of lawyers is signing up to defend President Donald Trump and his associates. But the interests of those lawyers - and their clients - don't always align, adding a new layer of drama and suspicion in a White House already rife with internal rivalries.
Professor mistakenly trolled says social media has become ‘a very dangerous place to be’
"I'm getting all of these hateful messages," said O'Grady, "and they started turning from, 'You should be fired,' to more along the lines of, 'You're completely unpatriotic and you don't deserve your position,' and started getting kind of nasty." O'Grady, a communications professor at New York University, scanned her social media profiles trying to make sense of the messages pouring in and quickly uncovered why she was being targeted.
Kirsten Gillibrand On Whether Donald Trump Has Kept His Promises: ‘No. F**k No.’
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand doesn't mince words on the subject of whether President Donald Trump has kept his promises to the American people. She raised the issue during a speech at the Personal Democracy Forum at New York University on Friday.
Are there still public servants who will say NO to the president?
Preet Bharara, a scholar in residence at New York University Law School, was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2009 until this March.
Trump tapes? If they exist, they could spell trouble
For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversations might again be secretly recorded. If so, President Donald Trump is following a problematic precedent.
With ‘tapes’ tweet, Trump evokes Nixon’s White House
For the first time since an Oval Office taping system was removed by President Richard Nixon's chief of staff nearly 44 years ago, a president has hinted that White House conversations might again be secretly recorded. If so, President Donald Trump is following a problematic precedent.