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National Review
Birth rates: Underpopulation, not overpopulation, is the bigger problem
Why aren’t people in their 20s and 30s having more children? Surveys suggest a wide range of factors at play; some of them are economic, others are cultural. On the economic side, young adults worry about the costs of raising children, problems paying off current student loans, and the high price of a home. On the cultural side, they explain that having children just isn’t a priority.
June 18, 2023
Cleveland.com
Politics professor John Dinan, an expert on state constitutional amendments, said geographic-based petition restrictions are a common way that states set limits on amendment campaigns. Most states set them by congressional or legislative district. “Ohio’s current requirement that a certain amount of signatures be collected in half of the state’s counties is more in keeping with what other states require. An 88-county requirement would be at the clear upper end of what states require in terms of a geographical distribution requirement for signature collection.”
June 18, 2023
Boston.com
Is it legal to sell human remains? Harvard morgue scandal raises questions.
Despite widespread agreement that the sale of human remains should be illegal — at least without the person’s consent — only some states have laws that actually reflect that belief. It’s complicated, according to law professor Tanya Marsh, the author of “The Law of Human Remains.” “Funeral and cemetery law is almost exclusively state law, and those state laws vary quite a bit,” she said.
June 16, 2023
Southern Living
This twin city town In North Carolina is rich in history
Simply called “Winston” by locals, Winston-Salem is a twin city town with deep roots. It is home to six colleges and universities, most notably Wake Forest University, where Maya Angelou once taught poetry and the ACC’s Demon Deacons play. Take a spin through the college which moved from the Raleigh area to Winston-Salem in 1956.
June 16, 2023
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Humanities professor Corey Walker calls July 4th a reminder that the promises of our highest ideals can be compromised by the frailties of the human condition. “But falling short does not mean we stop the journey,” said Walker. “It means that we recommit ourselves with earnest dedication to fulfilling the promises of these great ideals in trying to embody them for now and for those who come and who will continue the journey.”
June 16, 2023
By Greater Winston-Salem
State of the Economy Greater Winston-Salem, Inc. held the State of the Economy event presented by Wake Forest University on June 14, featuring NC Secretary of Commerce Machelle Baker Sanders as the keynote speaker. As a center of economic activity, Winston-Salem is poised for continued economic attraction and retention in 2023 and beyond.
June 15, 2023
WalletHub
2023’s Best & Worst States for Working Dads
The contemporary dad no longer fits neatly into the standard of the married breadwinner and disciplinarian. Education professor Linda Nielsen is a featured expert in this article. She addresses questions about the biggest issues facing working dads today, including family leave policies and childcare and housework expectations for work-from-home fathers. Nielsen’s sixth book, “Myths & Lies About Dads: How They Hurt Us All,” was recently published by Routledge
June 13, 2023
The Conversation
States should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that
Politics professor John Dinan wrote that even before the Dobbs ruling, state constitutional amendments had shaped abortion policy as much as state court rulings had. “Before the Dobbs ruling, abortion-related amendments invariably sought to limit protection for abortion rights by clarifying that there is no state constitutional right to abortion. After the Dobbs decision, most proposed abortion-related amendments have aimed to expand protection of abortion rights.”
June 12, 2023
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Pat Robertson transformed American religion and politics for the worse
“Pat Robertson is part of that post-World War II wave of evangelical conservative Christians who sought not only to expand their religious ranks, but who saw it as part of their religious calling to change the very culture and fabric of American society,” said Corey D.B. Walker, interim dean of the School of Divinity. “He did it by harnessing the nascent power of television and other forms of visual media to not only advance evangelical conservative Christianity…but also a new style of conservative politics that did not believe that there should be a separation of church and state.”
June 10, 2023
Winston-Salem Journal
“A key question is whether at a certain point this week’s indictments and other charges that Trump is defending against will begin to lead some Republican officials and Republican primary voters to reconsider their support for him and look more closely at some of the other candidates in the Republican presidential nominating field who are not facing so many legal challenges,” said politics professor John Dinan.
June 10, 2023
Psychology Today
The critical need for intentional rest
“The reality is as work expectations have steadily ramped up over time, opportunities to truly rest have diminished,” writes Assistant Vice President of Mentoring and Alumni Personal and Career Development Allison McWilliams. “And while there have always been roles – farmer, medical professional, service industry, just to name a few—that by necessity have maintained an always-on status, increasingly, there is little to distinguish those who have to be from those who choose to be. When everything takes on urgent status, when everything is a hustle, then nothing is.”
June 9, 2023
The Conversation
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of this year’s Juneteenth, humanities professor Corey D. B. Walker shares a list of readings that can help people better understand the history and meaning of the observance.
June 9, 2023