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WSJS-AM (Winston-Salem, NC)
Nate French, associate professor of communication, provided on-air post-election commentary.
November 6, 2024
The Conversation
Ever had the feeling that you can't make sense of what's happening? One moment everything seems normal, then suddenly the frame shifts to reveal a world on fire, struggling with war, climate change and political violence and upheaval. That's "zozobra," the peculiar form of anxiety that comes from being unable to settle into a single point of view, leaving you with questions like: Is it a lovely autumn day, or an alarming moment of converging historical catastrophes?
November 5, 2024
Yahoo Finance
With Chinese official’s visit, Kenyan president says deal to fund and build highway is close
According to politics and international affairs professor Lina Benabdallah, the Communist Party has maintained strong networking relations with political parties across the continent. "There are frequent meetings, visits and exchanges that keep these ties going. The diversity from Italy to South Africa and Kenya also shows the openness with which the CPC treats these party-to-party relations," she said.
November 5, 2024
LSE blog (London School of Economics)
How athletes’ endorsements could win votes for Kamala Harris among sports fans
The 2024 presidential election has touched almost all aspects of American life, and professional sports have not been an exception. Politics professor Betina Wilkinson looks at the potential impact of athletes' political endorsements on the 2024 election. New research shows that being a sports fan increases how receptive someone is to athletes' activism on both highly and less contested topics, meaning that Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's recent appeals to fans may be effective.
November 4, 2024
Mongabay
‘We are walking a long path’: Some progress at COP16, but so far to go
Journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay writes: "The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, ended on Nov. 2. Several days before delegations from 177 nations completed their work, a top finance official offered some stern advice to anyone comparing the biennial biodiversity summits to the U.N.'s parallel annual climate summits (the 29th of which opens a week from now in Baku, Azerbaijan)."
November 4, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
NC polls show Trump carrying precarious lead entering Election Day
"All eyes will be on the presidential election in North Carolina because how well Trump and Harris do in drawing out their voters will go a long way toward determining the outcome of many of the other races on the ballot," said politics professor John Dinan. "It makes sense not to read too much into early voting numbers showing Republicans doing much better in casting ballots than in previous years and doing slightly better than Democrats this year."
November 4, 2024
Houston Chronicle
St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s
F. M. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character Michael Lamb writes: In “City of God,” Augustine offers a vision of the political community, or “commonwealth,” that emphasizes “peace” and “concord” among diverse citizens. Augustine believed that identifying common goods and engaging others on their own terms might help diverse citizens find concord – and perhaps even sing in the same key. Living in an empire riven by violence, Augustine focused especially on civic peace. He understood peace not simply as the absence of violence, but as a relationship of justice and friendship among citizens."
This article, originally published in The Conversation, appeared in outlets nationwide.
November 1, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
As climate crisis escalates, will voter sentiment shift in upcoming elections in NC?
“The number of voters who are voting strictly on climate issues is still relatively small, but in a close election, that can make a difference,” said Stan Meiburg, executive director of the Sabin Family Center for Environment and Sustainability. “These extreme weather events do drive home the point — there is nowhere that is a climate refuge, and it will give people cause for thought, because it’s pretty clear that these hurricanes were amplified by the impacts of climate change and how much rain was dumped in western North Carolina."
November 1, 2024
Forsyth Family Magazine
Located on the Wake Forest University campus, Lam Museum of Anthropology is the only museum in North Carolina that is dedicated to the study of global cultures. While a small museum, it’s packed full of learning and cool things to look at for all ages.
November 1, 2024
The Wall Street Journal
Betting markets tend to get elections right – with some notable exceptions
Election betting declined after 1940, and polls became the preferred method for the media to track elections. In the 1948 election, pollsters got it wrong when they forecasted a loss by President Harry Truman, famously leading the Chicago Daily Tribune to print the erroneous front-page headline "Dewey Defeats Truman." What is less well-known is that betting markets got it wrong, too. Most bookmakers gave Truman a roughly 11% chance of winning in the weeks before the election, according to political economist Koleman Strumpf.
Strumpf also did a post-election interview with The Wall Street Journal on November 8. "Prediction Markets Are Basking in Their Election Win. Can It Last?"
November 1, 2024
Greensboro News & Record
Here’s why the Harris and Trump presidential campaigns are targeting the Triad
Politics professor John Dinan explained that “the areas around Winston-Salem, High Point and Greensboro are somewhat closer to being balanced between Republicans and Democrats, compared with Raleigh, Durham and Charlotte, which all lean very heavily Democratic. So, I am not surprised that Republicans in particular are targeting the Triad with visits in the final weeks."
October 31, 2024
Winston-Salem Chronicle
WFU law professor, League of Women Voters oppose constitutional amendment on voting
Law professor Margaret Taylor has urged citizens to vote “no” on the constitutional amendment. She explained in a statement that has gone viral on Facebook, that the current text of the State Constitution mirrors the protections of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution by including protections of voting rights for “every person born in the United States” and “every person who has been naturalized.”
October 31, 2024