News Clips

Announcing “major combat operations,” President Trump called on the Iranian people to rise against their government. Now, he declared, would be their “only chance for generations.” This appeal to opportunity echoes arguments for the Liberator’s Civil War of 43-42 BC, which pitted Roman republican Markus Junius Brutus against future emperor Octavius, writes Krister Knapp.

In 10 months, when Branson’s theaters close up shop for the season and the receipts are calculated, it will be interesting to see whether going all in on faith, family and flag was worth it, writes Joanna Dee Das.

Unless Colorado makes the Family Affordability Tax Credit a permanent and reliable fixture of the state budget – as a recent proposal aims to do – the progress the state has made in reducing child poverty may only be temporary, writes Stephen Roll.

Kathleen Clark, professor of law

Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, director of the Clinical Epidemiology Center

In this live conversation, Kate Bowler talks with sociologist Mark Rank (the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare), author of The Random Factor, about the role of chance in our lives. From the lottery of birth to the timing of a missed phone call, Mark’s research shows how much of what we call success—or failure—comes down to forces we never chose.

Caitlyn Collins, associate professor of sociology

Lakshmi R. Gokanapudy Hahn, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics

Andrew D. Martin, chancellor; and Sandro Galea, the Margaret C. Ryan Dean of the School of Public Health and Eugene S. and Constance Kahn Distinguished Professor in Public Health

Mark Oppenheimer, professor of practice in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics