Duke in the News: Family Political Divides; COVID Third Wave; Wilmington, 1898
Is it possible to change a loved one鈥檚 voting preferences? How can we curb the rise in coronavirus cases? Duke faculty shared their expertise in top media outlets on these and other critical topics over the past week. Read their comments below along with other highlights.
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The Atlantic
鈥淭he thing that I say,鈥 says Sunshine Hillygus, a political scientist and the co-author of the book 鈥,鈥 鈥渋s that you can have the biggest impact by contacting people that you know鈥 because individuals are to appeals from those they know and trust.
United Press International
If Joe Biden is perceived to have won in a landslide, Trump "would have to persuade many, many people who are currently in government, most of whom are civil servants, they have to go along" with any effort to remain in power, said political scientist Peter Feaver.
FOX Business
Video interview with Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and a former FDA director. Rising cases mean more steps are needed to restrict local businesses and to encourage masks, social distancing and smaller gatherings, which can help curb the surges, he said. (starts at :25 mark)
MSN/Washington Post
Wilmington had become a national symbol of Black success in the decades following the Civil War. African Americans, who were in the majority, owned 10 of the city鈥檚 11 dining establishments and 20 of its 22 barbershops, according to Timothy B. Tyson, a 老牛影视 historian and co-author of 鈥溾