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WS Chronicle
Staged reading, ‘Turning 15,’ echoes the belief that ‘a voteless people is a hopeless people’
In conjunction with the program, Democracy North Carolina held a voter registration drive as part of “Finding Holy Ground: Performing Visions of Race and Justice in America, a collaboration between N.C. Black Rep, Wake Forest School of Divinity and Wake the Arts.
August 9, 2024
Yahoo Finance
How China’s Communist Party is building political schools, and influence, in Africa
Politics and international affairs professor Lina Benabdallah said Beijing wants to build leadership or party schools to reinforce ideological affinities where they exist between the Communist Party and African political parties. “These leadership schools also create an opportunity for the Chinese governance model to become more influential abroad by helping develop curricula, train staff and so on,” Benabdallah said. She said that for African nations, China’s willingness to financially endorse these schools was a lucrative opportunity.
August 8, 2024
Winston-Salem Journal
HanesBrands sells off outlet store portfolio, keeps Thruway site
HanesBrands Inc. has sold its portfolio of Hanes and Maidenform outlet stores as part of its pivotal post-Champion back-to-basics reset. The divesting of the outlet store portfolio is “another example of how Hanesbrands is narrowing its focus,” said marketing professor Roger Beahm. “It’s not just horizontally through the sale of Champion, but vertically by now divesting itself of its retail outlet business.”
August 8, 2024
WXII-TV (Winston Salem, NC)
Wake Forest University: Face to Face starts selling single-event tickets
It’s time to get your tickets to Wake Forest University’s Face to Face Speaker Forum! The upcoming season includes Peyton Manning, Anderson Cooper, Jesmyn Ward, David Brooks, and John Legend, and season subscriptions will continue to be available.
August 7, 2024
The Independent Review
Is the US on the verge of recession?
Economics professor Robert Whaples, editor of “Is Social Justice Just?”, talks with Ave Maria Radio about the recent stock market drop and its implications, including which indicators kill economic expansion and why unemployment is increasing. In a separate interview, “US debt hits the $35 trillion,” Whaples discusses what the growing debt means for an economy with an aging population and fewer workers.
August 6, 2024
Reuters
Deforestation harms climate less than other types of Amazon degradation, study finds
A new study underscores the damage being done to the forest by fires after a drought that has made the region a tinderbox. The techniques used in the research give an unprecedented level of detail on forest degradation in the region of Brazil where destruction is most rampant, according to lead author Ovidiu Csillik, a remote-sensing specialist and professor in Wake Forest’s Environment and Sustainability Studies Program. “When countries report their forest and carbon changes, they mostly rely on deforestation because it’s much easier to see and quantify,” said Csillik, formerly of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. “But we’ve found that forest degradation is actually more important in terms of carbon loss.”
A Mongabay story by Justin Catanosa on the study ran Aug. 9.
August 5, 2024
Fast Company
In this piece originally featured in The Conversation, Duchess Harris writes about a book co-edited with Wake Forest political science professor Julia Jordan-Zachery. The book, “Black Girl Magic Beyond the Hashtag,” describes how Black girls and women maintain their humanity in the face of hostility by fostering community, countering invisibility, and creating spaces for freedom.
August 4, 2024
WFDD-FM (Winston-Salem, NC)
International Black Theatre Festival audiences respond to JuCoby Johnson’s new play ‘Heritage’
As people pass through the Ring Theatre lobby [at Wake Forest] on the way to their seats, there’s a strong feeling of excitement and anticipation in the air for “Heritage,” a dynamic new play by New York-based playwright JuCoby Johnson. The room is filled to capacity with extra chairs brought in last-minute for overflow seating.”Heritage” by New York-based playwright JuCoby Johnson had its world premiere this week at the International Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem. Produced by the N.C. Black Repertory, which produces the International Black Theatre Festival biennially in Winston-Salem, “Heritage” was sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation and is part of the Wake the Arts, and Wake Forest School of Divinity‘s Finding Holy Ground series.
August 2, 2024
Marketplace
Why do paper bags have a zig-zag cut at the top?
“If paper bags are finished with a straight cut, there is a tendency during the cutting process for some bags to tear ahead of the cut line as the blade moves through the paper. These tears can result in an uneven and potentially unsightly finish to the edge of the bag, which may render them unusable,” marketing professor Roger Beahm.
August 2, 2024
Organists Review Magazine
A new British recording of music professor Dan Locklair’s choral music on the Convivium label was released internationally in May. Two of England’s most prestigious magazines, BBC Music Magazine and Choir & Organ had excellent reviews in their August issues. One of the pieces mentioned, “The Texture of Creation,” was commissioned for Former Wake Forest University President Tom Hearn’s Inauguration and premiered at that event.
August 1, 2024
Vox
Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan freed in largest US-Russia prisoner exchange since Cold War
Two prominent Americans held by Russia — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan — will return to the US as part of a massive, multi-country prisoner swap. That this — one of the most complicated prisoner swaps in history — happened at all is significant, though it’s unlikely to signal a serious improvement in the relationship between the US and Russia, as the latter’s invasion of Ukraine continues. “Relations are still at a nadir and will remain so absent any fundamental change in Russia’s war on Ukraine,” said Adam Lenton, a Wake Forest international politics professor who studies Russian politics.
August 1, 2024
Religion News Service
Pride in the Pews announces new faith leaders fellowship to address the HIV epidemic in the South
Pride in the Pews, in collaboration with the Faith COMPASS Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity, is thrilled to introduce the 2024-2025 Faith and HIV Advocacy Fellowship (FHF). This innovative leadership program is dedicated to empowering Black faith leaders to foster meaningful dialogue and action at the intersections of HIV and AIDS, the Black Church, and LGBTQ+ identity.
August 1, 2024