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WVTF-FM (Roanoke, VA)
Virginia’s unique term limit for governor traces back to the Founding Fathers’ anxieties
John Dinan chairs the Department of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University and literally wrote the book on Virginia’s constitution. He said the limitation dates to the late 1700s and early 1800s. America’s founding fathers had just won a war against a tyrannical king and distrusted executive power. “The founding generation was very jealous of protecting the legislator’s power from the executive, and so their putting limits on the governor's terms was meant as a way to limit executive power and preserve a strong legislature,” he said.
November 13, 2025
The Conversation
"Human beings have been thinking about time for as long as we have records of humans thinking about anything at all," writes philosophy professor Adrian Bardon. "The passage of time is inextricably bound up with how humans represent our own experiences. Our picture of the world is inseparable from the conditions under which we, as perceivers and thinkers, experience and understand the world. Any description of reality we come up with will unavoidably be infused with our perspective."
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November 12, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Too old to debate? WFU hosted a debate where all participants were over the age of 70
Jarrod Atchison, director of debate at Wake Forest University, said each team knew their stance prior to taking the stage. "Now, the topic of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution is incredibly controversial, but both sides knew that the deciding factor would be a flip of a coin," said Atchison. This relieves some of the pressure of feeling like you have to defend what you believe and describes the mission behind the vision," he said.
November 12, 2025
The World
US and China in competition for resources, with African countries stuck in the middle
US foreign direct investment in Africa has surpassed China’s for the first time since 2012. But for African countries, concerns are growing that this increase in investment could lead to a shifting picture of dependency. The World’s Host Marco Werman spoke with professor Lina Benabdallah about this dynamic. "African countries need to take advantage of these critical mineral resources and this high demand for these resources to put the future development of their countries in the center of these negotiations," Benabdallah said.
November 11, 2025
High Point Enterprise
House appointee likely to face primary
The Democratic Party appointee selected this weekend to fill out the unexpired term of former legislator Cecil Brockman still may not be the Democrat who will make it onto the ballot for next November’s general election. “There is no guarantee of course that the appointed official will prevail in the primary,” said politics professor John Dinan, “but party leaders are choosing someone who they expect and hope will prevail in the primary and hold the seat on a long-term basis.”
November 11, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
“What was the point of this?” Takeaways from the government shutdown
Political science professor John Dinan weighed in on the government shutdown, saying that neither party wins, though he believes this latest one has divided Democrats. "If an effort by Democratic senators was to ensure that they would get affordable health care passed, that has not happened," he said. With the U.S. House of Representatives expected to come back into session next week, Dinan believes air travel and SNAP benefits could return to normal by the end of the week.
November 10, 2025
NPR
The US will stop making pennies next year. Cash-only businesses are already affected
Economics professor Robert Whaples discusses why the penny shortage is already affecting some businesses. "I am a little bit surprised that it's going this fast. In fact, I envisioned it taking years or decades to totally unfold. But I guess the key is this - banks don't give you a free ride on the pennies. And so it costs them money to deal with the pennies and package the pennies. So they're charging retailers more than 50 cents for a roll of 50 pennies. That's why retailers now don't want to mess around with it."
Whaples shares more about the elimination of the penny on the WFU news experts page: "Why eliminating the penny makes sense."
November 9, 2025
The Good Men Project
The modern husband: Why equality at home is the ultimate act of love
Business professor Julie Wayne’s research shows that couples who share home responsibilities experience “work-family enrichment,” meaning their performance at work and satisfaction at home both rise. Men who are equal partners at home are often more fulfilled and productive in their careers, not less. And beyond the household, these small, daily acts ripple outward. Families with equitable divisions of labor tend to raise more emotionally intelligent, cooperative and resilient children.
Curious about Wayne's research? Visit WFU experts page: "Whose remembering to buy the eggs?"
November 9, 2025
The Dispatch
Political betting markets go mainstream
"Prediction markets are, at least in my view, the best forecast we have of what’s going to happen with elections,” said economics professor Koleman Strumpf, who has studied historical presidential betting markets. “They’re not perfect, but they’re pretty good. My speculative claim is that as the markets get bigger, they’re going to get more accurate.”
November 7, 2025
Winston-Salem Journal
Romney says he’s too old to run for president again during talk at Wake Forest University
Mitt Romney said Thursday night that he’s too old to run for president again as the country needs the next generation of candidates to step up. “That’s not going to happen,” Romney, the former Republican senator from Utah, said about a presidential candidacy. “I’m too old. For some in this group, I’m not too old — I’m 78. Romney spoke to about 2,000 people in Wait Chapel as part of Wake Forest University’s Face to Face Speaker Forum.
November 7, 2025
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
WFU’s Sabin Center for Environment and Sustainability hosting conference
The Andrew Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability at Wake Forest University is hosting its second conference on Thursday, November 13. "Sustainable, Just and Abundantly Wild: Effective Action at Every Scale" is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Wake Forest professor Miles Silman, Andrew Sabin Professor of Conservation Biology, shared a preview of what the community can expect. "The Sabin Center is our mechanism for connecting Wake Forest to the world," he said.
November 5, 2025
Nevada Current
A tribe in Nevada finally had funding for climate resilience. Then a grant was ripped away
Joseph Frank was one of the first firefighters to respond to a massive wildfire that broke out on the Walker River Reservation in June last year. Temperatures that month were well above average, according to the National Weather Service. It was 90 degrees in Schurz, Nevada that day – 5 degrees hotter than normal for the area – when a lead-acid battery from a Bureau of Indian Affairs building overheated and “kind of blew up,” said Frank.
This story was published as part of the Wake Forest University Mellon Foundation Environmental and Epistemic Justice Initiative.
November 3, 2025