FACULTY SOUNDBITES

“ For much of the country’s history, Americans have pressed their governments for relief from debts— and often, legislators granted it.”

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Chloe Thurston

“History Says Student Loan Debt Relief Isn’t Un-American,” The Washington Post, June 30, 2023

“ If there’s less diversity in my classroom as a result of this ruling then I think that my students’ experiences in the classroom will be poorer. I think that a nontrivial number of students are going to feel like the court has kind of turned its back on diversity.”

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Anthony Chen

“Race-Neutral Alternatives to Affirmative Action are Likely Coming to Selective Colleges, a Northwestern Professor Says,” WBEZ, June 29, 2023

“ For too long, haphazard and insufficient funding of such programs—alongside difficult working conditions—has sent a message that these overwhelmingly Black and brown workers are disposable. ”

– Andrew Papachristos, David Hureau, and Jalon Arthur

“Community Violence Outreach Workers Are More Likely to Experience Gun Violence Than Police Are,” Scientific American, June 9, 2023

“ Rival companies smell blood in the water. They’re going to be pushing hard to try to gain success while Twitter’s been weakened.”

– Brian Uzzi

“The 7 Biggest Challenges Twitter’s New CEO Faces,” Time, June 7, 2023

“ Democrats are also resistant to compromising, both because they don’t want to gut programs that they put in place and also because they don’t want to make this look like a win for Republicans, who were able to play chicken and get what they wanted. ”

– Laurel Harbridge-Yong

“Debt Ceiling Negotiators Reach a Deal: 5 Essential Reads About the Tentative Accord, Brinkmanship and the Danger of Default,” The Conversation, May 28, 2023

“ I think that so much of the dress codes, formal and informal dress codes, that are part of sorority recruitment have to do with a desire to maintain the group’s appeal to those high status men— fraternity men.”

– Simone Ispa-Landa

“‘Bama Rush’ Takes Us into the World of Southern Sorority Fashion and Hierarchies,”

CNN, May 23, 2023

“ While stereotypes and stigma surrounding disability undoubtedly play a role in the continuing marginalization of disabled children and their families, perceived resource constraints are also at the heart of disability discrimination in U.S. schools. ”

– Lauren Rivera

“Lauren Rivera: Are Principals Steering Disabled Children Away from Their Schools?” Chicago Tribune, May 9, 2023

“ But the SNAP program is really well-designed. It’s effective and efficient, and it does a tremendous amount of good.

Generally, proposals to change it usually are going to make it worse.”

– Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

“Iowa to Spend Millions Kicking Families Off Food Stamps. More States May Follow,” The Washington Post, April 16, 2023

“ We’re invested in a belief that the world is just, that society is operating as it should, that all of our successes are due to our hard work. And so, the idea that that is not the case for certain groups of people is very threatening to the very idea of what America is supposed to be, what it means to be American.”

– Ivuoma Onyeador

“Consequences of Underestimating the Racial Wealth Gap,” Marketplace, March 2, 2023