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Social Security for Everyone: Mimi Abramovitz on The Thought Project Dec 03, 2020

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Americans are coping with unemployment, hunger, and housing insecurity at levels that rival the Great Depression, according to Mimi Abramovitz, the Bertha Capen Reynolds Professor of Social Work at Hunter College and a professor of social welfare at The Graduate Center, CUNY. A prolific writer and researcher, she is among the noted policy experts calling for social security for all as a bridge to a better future. Listen to The Thought Project podcast as she expounds on this idea among others on how to mend America's frayed social safety net that has been ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic.

How the Pandemic Is Affecting Labor: Luke Elliott-Negri on The Thought Project Nov 25, 2020

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What Biden’s Presidency Will Mean for Education: David Bloomfield on The Thought Project Nov 19, 2020

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100 Days as President: Robin L. Garrell on The Thought Project Nov 11, 2020

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Robin L. Garrell started her role as president of The Graduate Center, CUNY in early August – just about 100 days ago. An accomplished biomedical engineer, she was previously vice provost for graduate education and dean of the graduate division at UCLA. In this episode, she reflects on moving across the country to lead The Graduate Center during a pandemic and how she is approaching important issues in her new role. These include increasing diversity, keeping students engaged in a remote environment, and preparing students for careers within and beyond higher education.

A Divided Country, But Still a Democracy: Heath Brown and Charles Tien on The Thought Project Nov 05, 2020

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As the votes in the U.S. presidential election are still being counted, Graduate Center, CUNY professors and political experts Heath Brown and Charles Tien join The Thought Project to discuss what’s ahead for our country. They assess the depth of the blue-red divide, the strength of voter turnout, and how the election could play out in the courts. They find reasons for optimism and pessimism about the future of democracy. Heath Brown is an associate professor of public policy and criminal justice at John Jay College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. The author of five books, he studies policy process, interest groups, presidential transitions, and education policy. Charles Tien is a professor of political science at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. His research interests include American politics and U.S. Congressional representation, especially the representation of minorities and women in Congress.

Affective Polarization and the Election: Javier Padilla on The Thought Project Oct 29, 2020

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On the brink of the U.S. presidential election, Javier Padilla, a political science Ph.D. student at The Graduate Center, CUNY, discusses how affective polarization is impacting our country. The term refers to the animosity between Democrats and Republicans that extends beyond politics. The COVID-19 pandemic, Padilla asserts, has intensified this polarization, and it’s coming to a head with the upcoming elections. Padilla wrote an opinion piece for The Graduate Center’s soon to be launched Thought Project blog, “Coronavirus and American Elections: A Story of Polarization.” He talks about that essay and more in this episode.

Thomas Weiss on The Thought Project - Episode 93 Oct 22, 2020

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Kevin Nadal on The Thought Project - Episode 91 Oct 08, 2020

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Kevin Nadal is a professor of psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and The Graduate Center, CUNY. He is one of the leading researchers on the effect of microaggressions, or subtle forms of discrimination, on the mental and physical health of people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people; and members of other marginalized groups. He joins the The Thought Project podcast to discuss his new book, Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System. In this episode, he talks about the systemic discrimination LGBTQ people face, which pushes many of them to the margins of society. A large proportion of homeless youth in New York, for example, are LGBTQ. Often struggling to get by, members of the LGBTQ community are doubly punished by a law enforcement system that treats them like criminals rather than helps them as victims.

Margaret Chin on The Thought Project - Episode 90 Oct 01, 2020

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Margaret M. Chin is an associate professor of sociology at Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author of two books, including the most recent, Stuck: Why Asian Americans Don't Reach the Top of the Corporate Ladder. In Stuck, she portrays how second-generation Asian Americans who graduated from college between 1980 and 2008 have fared in the corporate world. Based on extensive interviews and research, she found that “race affects the movement of Asian Americans up the work ladder.” Despite academic success in elite universities, Asian Americans are stymied from achieving corporate success due to persistent racism, a lack of trust among white colleagues, and the resulting challenges with gaining sponsors and building a network. She joins The Thought Project to talk about her book and her important findings about the “bamboo ceiling.”

Stanley Renshon on The Thought Project Part 2 - Episode 89 Sep 25, 2020

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Stanley Renshon is a professor of political science at Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY. He is also a trained psychoanalyst who has used these skills in his examination of four U.S. presidents: George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Donald J. Trump, whom Renshon examines in his latest book: The Real Psychology of the Trump Presidency. In his first podcast, Renshon explained how a presidential scholar also trained in clinical psychology and who is a certified psychoanalyst “psychoanalyzes" a president like Mr. Trump from a distance. In this second podcast, he explains what his research found. He notes, about the 45th president: “There literally are two presidencies going on. You could call the first one, president bombast, and that's the way to attempt to traduce tradition … his demeanor is not what it should be and we think it ought to be for a president. But, on the other side, in a sense, hidden in plain sight, is the relentless serious presidency of Trump. He is really trying to get things done.” In this second podcast Dr. Renshon explains what his research found. He notes, about the 45th president: “...there literally are two presidencies going on. You could call the first one, “President Bombast,” given his tendencies to traduce presidential. Yet, there is another equally real side to his presidency, in a sense, hidden in plain sight. That is “the relentless serious presidency of Trump. He is really trying to get things done. "

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