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The Thought Project - Special Edition: Charles Tien and the government shutdown Jan 10, 2019

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Charles Tien, a professor of political science at Hunter College and at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York joins The Thought Project for a special edition to explore the U.S. government shut down. Tien said: “I don’t think the facts really matter all the much at this point, it's just finding a way out that everyone can go back to their base and say they got something.”

The Thought Project - Episode 38 - Interview with Ming Xia Jan 09, 2019

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The current U.S.-China relationship is characterized by a hot tariff war that is approaching a March 1 deadline. If not resolved is likely to result in the U.S. imposing even harsher penalties. This relationship has reached a new low with the recent arrest of the chief financial officer and deputy chair of Huawei, a major Chinese telecommunications firm, which is being sought by the U.S. Justice Department for illegal sales of projects to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. expert and sanction laws. Professor Ming Xia of The Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island, CUNY remarked on the state of the U.S. China relationship in this recent podcast: “I cannot say that it (US China economic relationship) is altered forever, but I can say the damage is huge. Also this change is not temporary. I believe it has a lot of structural factors involved. Because if you look at the whole thing, [these problems] do not come from President Trump alone…there is a big sea change.”

The Thought Project - Episode 37 - Interview with Charles Tien Nov 09, 2018

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Charles Tien is a professor of political science at Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Tien is an Americanist whose research interests include Congress, quantitative research methods and representation of minorities and women in the U.S. Congress. Tien’s thoughts about the historical numbers of women elected to the Congress: “This is a reaction I think to the politics of the last two years – the day after President Trump was sworn in you saw millions of women taking to the streets in protesting all over the country, all over the world, in fact. I think that galvanized a lot of women to run for Congress, and this election cycle we saw more women than ever before file for candidacy; more women than ever before run in the general election and more women than ever before, seated in the Congress. They will make a big difference in the short run and the long run.”

The Thought Project - Episode 36 - Interview with Heath Brown Nov 09, 2018

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Heath Brown, is an associate professor of public policy at the Graduate Center and John Jay College of Criminal Justice at CUNY. He obtained his Ph.D. in public administration and public policy at the George Washington University and a Masters’ degree from the GW Elliot School of International Affairs. He is author of four books including Immigrants and Electoral Politics: Non Profit Organizing in a Time of Demographic Change; Pay to Play Politics: How Money Defines American Democracy and the Tea Party Divided: The Hidden Diversity of a Maturing Movement. Brown said of the Florida race for the U.S. Senate: “While it feels like the world changes very quickly and that the Trump era has made it m feel like things are in total disarray, there are some things that persist. The very close race in Florida is evidence of that the electorate is evenly split, so evenly split that by the end of election night we frequently don’t know who is the ultimate winner.”

The Thought Project - Episode 35 - Interview with Virginia Valian Nov 06, 2018

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Virginia Valian is a distinguished professor of psychology at Hunter College and is a member of the doctoral faculties of psychology, linguistics, and speech-language-hearing sciences at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She directs the Language Acquisition Research Center and the Gender Equity Project at Hunter College. In this podcast Valian addresses the recent naming of two women Nobel laureates, a rarity in the sciences: “I do think that an increasingly positive aspect [the lack of recognition of women scientists] is the number of professional organizations that see the under representation that they need to do something about…”

The Thought Project - Episode 34 - Interview with Julie C. Suk Oct 29, 2018

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Julie C. Suk is dean for master’s programs and professor of sociology. She is a scholar of comparative law and society, with a focus on women in comparative constitutional law. She is most known for her recent work on renewed efforts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, in light of the theory and practice of gender equality provisions in constitutions around the world. Suk said about the revival of the Equal Rights Amendment: “The ERA was one of the things that was on the agenda of the Women’s March (in 2017). And since then because of the rise of the Me Too movement, there is a general sense that that whatever law and politics we have right now, it’s not working for women and we need something more. A constitutional amendment, one that has been in our political and legal imaginary since 1923 and has really never not gone away. That constitutional amendment has a new interest and new discourse…”

The Thought Project - Episode 33 - Interview with Carol Robles Roman Oct 26, 2018

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Carol Robles Roman is the co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition and the Fund for Women’s Equality. She is the former President and CEO of Legal Momentum, the leading legal defense fund for women’s equality in the US. She served as Deputy Mayor under Mayor Michael Bloomberg for 12 years and is a former Trustee of the City University of New York. In this podcast Roman said that when she was leaving the Office of Mayor, she saw a “tsunami coming towards us in the world of women’s rights. I wanted to be in a position to do something about this issue.”

The Thought Project - Episode 32 - Interview with Philip Kasinitz Oct 24, 2018

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Philip Kasinitz is a presidential professor of sociology at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He specializes in immigration, ethnicity, race relations, urban social life and the nature of contemporary cities. Kasinitz claims he was “caught by surprise at the degree of ferocity just how central immigration has become an issue in the Trump White House. “ Tune in to hear his thoughts on how immigration has become the first rail of American politics in 2018.

The Thought Project - Episode 31 - Interview with Cathy Davidson Oct 10, 2018

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Cathy N Davidson is a distinguished professor of English and founding director of the Futures Initiative at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Author of the award winning book, The New Education: How to Revolutionize the University to Prepare Students for a World in Flux (Basic Books, 2017). Davidson, an engaged advocate for universities and disadvantaged students, leans forward on urging higher education to innovate itself an ever changing world by becoming activists.

The Thought Project - Episode 30 - Interview with Helena Rosenblatt Oct 01, 2018

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Professor Helena Rosenblatt is a professor of history whose specialty is 18th and 19th century European intellectual history. At a time of rising global nationalism and populism, she has produced a timely and critically acclaimed book, Lost History of Liberalism From Ancient Rome to the 21st Century, as discussed in today's podcast.

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