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Winston-Salem Journal
Who will be our exemplar in chief
“If exemplars can have such a powerful influence on character — either for better or worse — it matters who becomes our next exemplar in chief,” said Michael Lamb, executive director of the Program for Leadership and Character and assistant professor of politics, ethics, and interdisciplinary humanities at Wake Forest. “In this election, our decisions will determine not only who the next president will be, but who we will be.”
October 30, 2020
Forbes
Election odds: Is political betting more accurate than polling?
“While it is sometimes claimed that political betting markets are a recent invention, they are clearly not,” said Koleman Strumpf, Wake Forest professor of history, and his co-author in “The Long History of Political Betting Markets.” “Rather it is the absence of such markets during the mid- and late-20th century that are the exception.”
October 29, 2020
The Guardian
Athletes and the US election: How a generation of stars got in the game
Researchers at Wake Forest found that athletes can affect the public’s political views. “They’re influencing people to watch them,” said Betina Wilkinson, an associate professor of political science at Wake Forest. “They’re influencing people to buy the products that they’re selling, but then also know they have the ability to influence people’s views on issues regarding race such as immigration and criminal justice reform.”
October 29, 2020
The Washington Post
Gen Z, Millennial voters embrace activism and voting, as youth turnout surges ahead of Election Day
Una Wilson, a first-year student at Wake Forest, has been passionate about the environment since she was in high school. She voted last week and rallied a group of her friends to vote early with her. “Although your vote might not directly affect you, it might directly affect somebody else,” Wilson said. “And when those of us who are marginalized get hit the hardest, we all feel the effects of that, because we truly are all connected — and that’s why it’s so important to vote.”
October 29, 2020
WXII
Wake Forest University politics professor talks early voting, voting by mail
“In states across the country there are particular rules about how [absentee] votes are going to be counted…Should witness signatures be necessary on absentee ballots? How long after election day should ballots be accepted and those issues will be worked out…I don’t see that as any reason for concern about people, any reason not to go out and to vote,” said John Dinan, Professor of Politics at Wake Forest.
October 28, 2020
88.1 Blue Ridge Public Radio
Breaking down Latino voter registration and turnout gaps in North Carolina
“These face-to-face interactions, these mobilization efforts to get the vote that include conversations, knocking on doors, are really effective among the Latino population,” said Wake Forest professor Betina Cutaia Wilkinson. “And if these are not taking place, and they get a flier here and there, or they receive a phone call from an unknown number or a text message from an unknown number, and even worse if it is not in their native language, that could be problematic.”
October 27, 2020
WFMY
Need help with unemployment insurance
Wake Forest School of Law has a new project that may be able to help you with your unemployment claim. The School of Law has created a Pro Bono project together to help folks struggling with getting their unemployment benefits. Students will work under the supervision of faculty members and offer guidance and consultation at no charge for the service.
October 27, 2020
Barron's
Yale’s Swensen tells money managers to step up diversity hiring. Expect other investors to follow
In 2018, Verger Capital Management began surveying its 89 money managers about their investment policies on environmental, social and governance issues. “It’s a continued effort,’’ said Jim Dunn, CEO and chief investment officer for Verger, which manages investments for nonprofit clients, including Wake Forest. “We want to know how our managers think about these issues, and now it’s become a normal discussion.”
October 26, 2020
Grist
Will COVID-19 give Santa Ana officials an excuse to ignore the city’s lead crisis
“The evidence underscores what we’ve known: that lead is a pathway by which racial inequality literally gets into the bloodstream, and that lead exposure of this magnitude cannot be resolved by reactive and siloed interventions,” said Emily Benfer, health and housing justice expert and visiting professor at Wake Forest School of Law. Benfer said it’s urgent that Santa Ana officials act quickly and focus on primary prevention solutions, which means finding the environmental source before a child is ever exposed to lead.
October 26, 2020
Stockinvestor.com
Not everyone succumbed to the financial bubble
BB&T Bank never had a losing quarter during the 2008 financial crisis. That’s because John Allison, retired chairman and CEO of BB&T and current Wake Forest professor, insisted that the bank would not violate the “prudent man” rule of lending. His bank refused to offer subprime loans during the real-estate boom of the 2000s. The bank gave up the chance to make lucrative profits during this time, but Allison’s prudent strategy turned out to be the right course for the long term, while other aggressive banks collapsed and needed a federal bailout.
October 26, 2020
The Nation
Checking the systems that hold us back
Melissa Harris-Perry, Wake Forest professor of politics and Maya Angelou presidential chair, and Dorian Warren, president of Community Change, launched a podcast on “The Nation.” The podcast, titled “System Check,” asks important questions about the state of our democracy and offers provocative commentary.
October 26, 2020
High Point Enterprise
Who benefits from rush to polls
“I don’t think we know for sure whether higher turnout helps one party or the other,” said John Dinan, professor of political science at Wake Forest. “The one thing we can say about higher turnout for presidential elections is that it creates a lot of unpredictability for candidates running in down-ballot races because a number of new or only occasional voters who are drawn to vote in 2020 are likely to be focused mostly on the presidential election.”
October 25, 2020