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CSUSB professor weighs in on Biden’s selection of a running mate
The Independent (U.K.)
July 1, 2020
An article exploring the potential running mates for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, included an interview with Meredith Conroy, a CSUSB associate professor of political science who specializes in the presidency and gender in politics. The focus has been on whether the former vice president under Barack Obama will pick a woman and whether she would be a person of color.
The last two primary cycles have exposed a “clear cleavage within the party between a more and a less progressive wing,” Conroy said.
Further in the article, liberal women’s groups are hopeful that the presence of several women in prominent positions in a Biden White House would further normalize the idea of a woman president, and help dispel lingering concerns for some voters that they cannot perform the necessary duties of the executive branch.
“Appointments, like a VP, take sexist voters out the equation. And once in that position, the VP pick can alleviate any concern that women can't govern at that level,” Conroy said.
Read the complete article at “Why Joe Biden’s vice presidential selection could be the most consequential in U.S. history.”
Criminal justice professor quoted about President Trump’s recent rhetoric
The Boston Globe
July 2, 2020
As polls show President Trump’s support slipping with white people thanks in part to his handling of coronavirus, he’s framing civil rights protests as an “attack” on white Americans and the removal of Confederate symbols and vandalism of other statues as an erasure of their history.
Brian Levin, criminal justice professor and director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, compared Trump’s recent rhetoric to that used by Alabama governor George Wallace, the ardent segregationist who sought to appeal to white grievances, in his 1968 presidential campaign. Late last month, Trump retweeted videos highlighting violence against white people by Black men—a trope that, Levin said, is common on white nationalist websites.
“What is so disturbing is whether it’s a white power tweet, or support for Confederate monuments, or showing graphic images of Black on white crime, [it] comes right out of the unsuccessful playbook of hate groups,” Levin said.
Read the complete article at "Trump warns his mostly white base of threat to 'heritage' as Confederate statues come down."
Communication studies professor discusses the US challenging ICC jurisdiction over Palestine
Press TV
July 4, 2020
CSUSB communication studies professor Ahlam Muhtaseb was interviewed on Press TV about the U.S. challenging ICC jurisdiction over Palestine. In the segment, she breaks down the ICC’s move to continue the investigation into Israeli war crimes and how it affects the Palestinians.
“If we look at the whole issue in general, we would conclude that there slowly is a shift in terms of the world opinion about what is happening in Palestine and about the continuation of war crimes against Palestinians by Israel and Israeli government and army,” Muhtaseb said.
Watch the whole segment at “ICC jurisdiction over Palestine.”
History professor discusses Trump administration’s failed arguments regarding the JCPOA
Press TV
July 2, 2020
David Yaghoubian, CSUSB professor of history, appeared in a video Press TV posted on the failure of the Trump administration to advance its arguments at the UN this week regarding the JCPOA and the arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October.
“The United States found itself isolated at the United Nations once again for reaching the limits of what it can bribe or threaten or force other countries to do,” Yaghoubian said. “The breakdown of the JCPOA has been determined by the other signatories of the agreement to be the product of the United States’ pullout in May of 2018 and subsequent provocations. So therefore, the failure of the agreement is completely the responsibility of the United States.”
Watch the whole segment at "UN Iran Meeting."
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