Shyam K. Sriram

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    State mask mandates to address COVID-19 have been complicated by anti-mask measures often dating back to the 19th century.

State mask mandates to address COVID-19 have been complicated by anti-mask measures often dating back to the 19th century.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, governors, attorneys general, and public health officials have scrambled to enforce social-distancing guidelines and mask wearing. Their efforts were opposed in several states by those who argue that mandatory face-coverings are unconstitutional. Efforts to enforce mask wearing have been complicated by legacy anti-mask legislation in almost 40 percent of states (and the District of Columbia), which […]

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    Donald Trump talks very differently about the Jewish people compared to past presidents.

Donald Trump talks very differently about the Jewish people compared to past presidents.

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Over the last two years, President Trump has repeatedly questioned the loyalty of Jewish people in America, claiming that voting for a Democrat would be a “great disloyalty”. In new research which looks at nearly 150 years of presidential communications, Shyam K. Sriram, Victoria Combs and Cole McNamara look at how presidents have talked about the Jewish people over […]

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    Donald Trump’s new refugee admissions cap is a record low, and a departure for a Republican president.

Donald Trump’s new refugee admissions cap is a record low, and a departure for a Republican president.

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President Trump recently announced a dramatic fall in the cap for US refugee admissions. Shyam K. Sriram puts this policy change in context, commenting that while since 1980, the ceiling for refugee admissions has varied, it fell below 50,000 for the first time in 2018. Refugee admissions, he finds, have never been as low as they are now under […]

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