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Wisconsin Examiner
Trump ‘slush fund’ echoes scorned 19th-century spoils system, academics say
The Trump administration’s push to reward its supporters also harkens back to an earlier era of American cronyism, experts say, while expanding the frontiers of political favoritism. “It seems to me that may be the common element here,” said law professor Sidney Shapiro. “It appears President Trump is thinking about using the fund to reward people unfairly punished, but I think in his mind, it’s unfairly punished because they were trying to support him.”
This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was reprinted in news outlets nationwide, including the Utah News Dispatch, NC Newsline and Washington State Standard.
May 31, 2026
ABC7 News Bay Area
Google employee charged with fraud after search bet won $1M on Polymarket
A Google employee fraudulently made more than $1M by using inside information to place Polymarket bets. At the time of the bet, there was a near-zero likelihood that the singer D4vd would be the #1 searched person in 2025. When Google announced the results, it turned out that the prediction was correct. Economist and prediction market expert Koleman Strumpf was interviewed about prediction markets and insider trading. "I think things are cleaning up," he said. "But I still imagine this won't be the last case that we see."
ABC7 News Bay Area in the San Francisco Bay Area is the 6th-largest television market in the U.S. The station’s audience spans millions of viewers across all 9 Bay Area counties.
May 31, 2026
The Charlotte Observer
Abortion-restricting NC House bill threatens healthcare providers with first-degree murder charges
A far-right, lame-duck state House Republican's latest in a long list of attempts at restricting abortion rights threatens healthcare providers with being charged with first-degree murder. HB1232 has "zero chance of this amendment appearing on the ballot," said politics professor John Dinan. "The prime mover of this amendment was defeated in his own party's primary. This is the latest example of him causing problems for Republican leaders and Republicans generally, by introducing an amendment that is guaranteed to generate news articles and editorials that create difficulties for Republican candidates."
May 31, 2026
Yahoo Life
"Around 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve seen a ghost. I’m not one of them, and I probably never will be. I blame my brain," writes Teaching Professor of Psychology Melissa Maffeo. "In my new book, 'Science of the Supernatural,' I explore the idea that the human brain might be creating an experience of the supernatural by misinterpreting the external world...Belief alone might not create a ghost, but belief combined with at least one haunted factor – environmental stimuli, neurological hiccups or psychological conditions – might be enough to make a ghost real."
This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was reprinted in news outlets nationwide, including Phys.org, Inkl and Idaho Press.
May 28, 2026
The Conversation
Education Department is investigating whether Smith College’s admissions violate Title IX
"Since 2015, Smith College, one of the largest and most prestigious women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has allowed any student who identifies as female to apply to and attend the school," writes law professor Marie-Amelie George. "As the Education Department’s process unfolds, Smith could accede to the Trump administration’s demands. Alternatively, it could fight for transgender student rights. In the process, it could set precedent on what Title IX requires, thereby protecting transgender people around the country."
This story also appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the New Haven Register.
May 28, 2026
Influence Podcast
Solving the dishonesty problem
“Honesty matters, and people care a great deal about it,” writes philosophy professor Christian Miller. Yet we are facing an unprecedented erosion of honesty today — what I call an honesty crisis. Indeed, we are facing not just one crisis, but a variety of honesty crises in different parts of our society. Miller is a guest on this leadership podcast.
May 28, 2026
University Business Magazine
Several major universities have picked new presidents
Peter Rodriguez, the dean of Rice University’s School of Business and a renowned economist, takes the helm at Wake Forest on July 1. Rodriguez has decades of expertise in international trade, economic history and public finance. He raised the profile for Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and launched the Virani Undergraduate School of Business.
May 27, 2026
Patheos
Philosophy professor Christian B. Miller argues that “out of all the virtues, honesty is arguably the most valuable.” Regardless of whether you agree that honesty is the most important virtue, Miller is undeniably correct that we are living through a crisis of honesty. His book explores that crisis through chapters on deepfakes, online infidelity, AI-assisted cheating in education, fake news and political deception, dishonesty in celebrity culture and the larger question of why honesty still matters in a world where deception can so often seem rewarded.
May 26, 2026
Yahoo Life
The job-search move that matters more than your résumé
"People hire people, they don't hire paper," said Andy Chan, who runs the Office of Personal and Career Development at Wake Forest University. He said that job seekers too often think of recruiting and applying for jobs as transactional processes. While they are, to some degree, Chan said, it's important to try to ground your interactions with an employer in relationships.
May 25, 2026
The Atlantic
Tulsi Gabbard takes the exit ramp
“Gabbard’s tenure has demonstrated just how easily an organization like the Office of the Director of National Intelligence that lacks clear mission and impact can become overly politicized and move away from the kind of objectivity and truth-seeking required for good intelligence work and U.S. national security,” said politics and international affairs expert William Walldorf, a senior fellow at the think tank Defense Priorities.
May 22, 2026
Fast Company
Stephen Colbert’s decade-old lesson on navigating uncertainty is more relevant than ever
Colbert gave the class of 2015 tips on how to navigate graduating into an election year—but the advice he shared still rings true today. “You’re gonna have to learn pretty damn quick how to tell the difference between hype and substance,” he said, “to keep folks from selling you things and ideas that aren’t true.” The comedian went on to tell grads that they will inevitably face criticism from employers or others throughout their careers. The most important thing in getting through those moments, he said, is having standards.… I hope you find the courage to decide for yourself what is right and what is wrong."
May 22, 2026
Asheville Watchdog
Despite multiple felony charges, mental capacity concerns, Asheville attorney still practices law
“It can be maddeningly frustrating,” said Ellen Murphy, professor of practice at Wake Forest University School of Law. But lawyers are entitled to the same rights as criminal defendants of being innocent until proven guilty, even though “there may be harm to the public in limited instances,” Murphy said. “No matter how egregious that alleged action is, it’s still only alleged until that lawyer has been found guilty or civilly liable," Murphy said.
May 22, 2026