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DeSantis 2024 Campaign Debut Blurs Lines for Church Involved in Rally
May 31, 2023
However, Professor Philip Hackney of the University of Pittsburgh and Professor Lloyd Mayer of University of Notre Dame suggested that the IRS prohibition could kick in if a pastor is speaking in his official capacity during a campaign event held at their church.
ND Experts
Notre Dame Law School
OSV News
Leaders discuss what’s at stake in debt limit resolution
May 30, 2023
The church doesn’t have “an official magisterial position on something as specific as the debt ceiling,” said Joseph Kaboski, professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and president of the Catholic Research Economists Discussion Organization (CREDO).
ND Experts
Economics
Newsweek
Donald Trump Targets Children in New Immigration Plan
May 30, 2023
Erin B. Corcoran, associate teaching professor, Keough School of Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek that Trump would not have the legal authority for such an order as birthright citizenship is in the U.S. Constitution.
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
The Daily Beast
It May Be Too Late to Stop North Korea From Firing Nukes
May 29, 2023
Solid-fuel rockets could up the tempo in a time of heightened tensions. The new missiles would be “easier for the North to mobilize quickly for deployment and use in a major missile attack that could be used against Japan, South Korea, or the U.S.,” said George A. Lopez, a professor of peace studies at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies; Keough School of Global Affairs
The Hill
How the Supreme Court’s wetlands ruling could impact pollution, flooding
May 28, 2023
Gary Lamberti, a professor of aquatic science at the University of Notre Dame, described wetlands as “the kidneys of the landscape.”
The Jerusalem Post
Can forgetting your child in the car happen to just about anyone? – study
May 26, 2023
“When you talk about the forgotten baby scenarios, people often make assumptions about who forgets their babies, who the caregivers are,” co-author Nathan Rose said. “And there’s no evidence to support the idea that men are more likely to commit this kind of error than women, or vice versa.”
ND Experts
Department of Psychology
OSV News
Under surveillance, government pressure, China needs prayers, observers say
May 23, 2023
Since he took office 10 years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping has worked to centralize power around himself, said Karrie J. Koesel, associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Xi has worked for "greater control over civil society," which includes religion, Koesel told OSV News.
ND Experts
Political Science
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The Hill
Does God exist? Only half of Americans say a definite yes
May 22, 2023
But the rise in nonreligious Americans is too steep to be fully explained “in terms of generational replacement; that is, religious old people dying and secular young people taking their place,” said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. Campbell and other scholars suspect many Americans are simply becoming more open about rejecting religion, an admission once clouded in stigma.
ND Experts
Political Science
Forbes
Artificial Intelligence’s Higher Value: Spurring New Managerial Thinking
May 20, 2023
“Almost all jobs will be affected by AI because the core tools of the business world are going to be AI-enhanced at some point, if they aren’t already," says John Behrens, Ph.D., professor and digital technologies leader at the University of Notre Dame.
ND Experts
Office of Digital Strategy, College of Arts & Letters; Idzik Computing and Digital Technologies Program
National Catholic Reporter
Right-wing Catholic outlet Church Militant downsizing after years of expansion
May 19, 2023
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who studies nonprofit organizations, told NCR that it is "generally a bad idea" for an organization's chief executive to serve on its board of directors.
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Title 42 U.S. immigration policy has expired
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May 19, 2023
"There is a perception that the Southwest border is somehow under siege, which I think is just not factually true," said Erin Corcoran, associate professor, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame. "And I think that one of the other challenges is that there's a lot of misinformation for migrants about what they can and cannot get if they come into the U.S border."
ND Experts
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, Keough School of Global Affairs
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OSV News
Survey reveals majority of Americans 'seldom' or 'never' attend religious services
May 19, 2023
"One of the meta trends in the American religious landscape over the last 20 — even 30 — years has been the precipitous decline in religious affiliation and a decline in other indications of religiosity," said David Campbell, the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
ND Experts
Political Science