CMC In The News

Prof. Minxin Pei wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, “How China’s bullying threatens its own economic future,” arguing that China is “undermining its economic prospects” by “attacking private corporations for having expressed concerns over forced-labor allegations.”

In an interview with NPR affiliate KPCR, Prof. Manfred Keil, chief economist for Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP), shared information about local employment numbers and opening up the economy, now that there is finally some light at the end of the tunnel with COVID-19 vaccine distribution.

CMC Prof. Zach Courser, director of the Claremont McKenna College Policy Lab, wrote an op-ed, “First aid money for real America,” published in The Hill, about the Congressional repeal of the moratorium on earmarks.

In an op-ed for the Asean Post, Prof. Minxin Pei explained why a goodwill gesture from either Chinese President Xi Jinping or U.S. President Joe Biden, could kickstart U.S.-China cooperation.

The Economist shared the insights of CMC Prof. Ken Miller, associate director of the Rose Institute, on how California and Texas have combated the coronavirus pandemic.

Smithsonian Magazine selected CMC History Prof. Wendy Lower's book, "The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed," as one of their "new books to read" in February.

In a Project Syndicate op-ed, “China’s Fateful Year,” Prof. Minxin Pei reflected on China’s policies from 2020.

The Art Newspaper reviewed Prof. Jonathan Petropoulos’ book, “Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World,” calling it a “definitive biography,” and describing Petropoulos as “an enterprising, investigative historian.”

At the end of two terms as Montana's governor, Steve Bullock '88 said in an interview with the Billings Gazette that most of his accomplishments were grounded in "bipartisan efforts" and "stakeholder buy-in."

Forbes’ “30 under 30” list featured Maddie Hall '14, co-founder and CEO of biotech company Living Carbon, and Lydia Yancan Li ’13, climate investor at Generate Capital.

As part of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Scholars Talk Writing” series, Professor Emeritus John Roth discussed what he values about his career as a writer and an academic.

Prof. Zach Courser, co-director of the Policy Lab, joined KPCC’s “Air Talk” to discuss President-elect Joe Biden's cabinet picks and the latest on the national political scene.

Bloomberg Law quoted Prof. Ken Miller, associate director of the Rose Institute, on a potential outcome of Prop. 22's success.

In his New York Times column, Frank Bruni cited “Trump’s Democrats,” the book by Professors Stephanie Muravchik and Jon Shields, as offering one of the most “intriguing takes on Trump’s appeal.”

"The Constitution was meant to foster a complex form of majority rule, not enable minority rule," wrote Prof. George Thomas in an essay for The Atlantic.