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Professor Pearlstein writes on the recent debate on American inequality

In his July 1st piece in the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein compares and contrasts two recent books on the nature of American income inequality.  Read the full article here.

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Professor Pearlstein writes on the true impact of Republican healthcare reform

In his June 22nd piece in the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein explains the limitations and specific policy failures of the Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare.  Read the full article here.

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Professor Pearlstein writes on the importance of business leadership in the current political climate

In his June 7th piece in the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein writes that American business leaders must assume leadership on issues and stand up to President Trumps missteps on policy decisions.  Read the full article here.

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Professor Pearlstein’s article on the need for moderation in the debate on government spending

In his May 25th piece in the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein calls for more meaningful debate and less outrage in the debate over proposed cuts in government spending by the Trump administration.  You can read the full article here.

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Professor Pearlstein’s article on the impact of trade deficits on the world economy

In his May 18th piece in the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein explains the relevance of President Trump’s views on trade deficits given the current state of the world economy.  You can read the full article here.

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Professor Pearlstein’s discussion on the President’s relevance in pushing GOP agenda

n his most recent piece for the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public and International Affairs Steven Pearlstein discusses how President Trump’s domestic Cabinet has been pushing their Tea Party agenda, regardless of the involvement of the President. Read the whole article here.

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Professor Pearlstein’s discussion on the GOP’s health care

In his most recent piece for the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public and International Affairs Steven Pearlstein discusses the conflicting views about health care within the GOP. Read the whole article here.

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Dr. James Trefil discussed the history of exoplanets research in his new book

In his most recent interview , Robinson Professor of Physics James Trefil discusses his new book “Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System“, which he co-wrote with Michael Summers. Read the whole article here.

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Dr. Roger Wilkins, Robinson Professor Emeritus of History and American Culture, passed away at the age of 85

The Robinson Professors office is saddened by the news that Dr. Roger Wilkins has passed away on March 26 at the age of 85.

“Roger W. Wilkins, a ranking Justice Department official during the 1960s who later composed Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials about the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post and wrote unsparingly about the conflicts and burdens he experienced as a black man in positions of influence, died March 26 at a nursing home in Kensington, Md. He was 85.

The cause was complications from dementia, said his daughter Elizabeth Wilkins.

In a career that traversed law, journalism and education, Mr. Wilkins made matters of race and poverty central to his work as an assistant attorney general in the Johnson administration and later as one of the first black editorial board members at The Post and the New York Times.

By kinship or friendship, he was linked to many black leaders of the civil rights era. Roy Wilkins, who led the NAACP from 1955 to 1977, was an uncle. In law school, Roger Wilkins was an intern for Thurgood Marshall, then director-counsel of the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Educational Fund and later a U.S. Supreme Court justice.

He left the Times in 1979 and remained involved in public affairs as a senior fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, a professor of history and American culture at George Mason University, a commentator in print and broadcast media, and a publisher of the NAACP’s journal, the Crisis, from 1998 to 2010.”

Taken from the Washington Post.

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Professor Pearlstein’s latest book review

In his most recent piece for the Washington Post, Robinson Professor of Public and International Affairs Steven Pearlstein discusses the updated book by Phillippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght on how to ensure everyone a guaranteed basic income. Read the whole article here.