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Historian Brian Franklin previews Joe Biden’s Inauguration and discusses past Presidential Inaugurations

KTLA 5 Morning News Originally Posted: January 20, 2021 Associate Director of the SMU Center for Presidential History Brian Franklin joined us live with his insight on the history of past Presidential Inauguration and a preview of the Inauguration of Joe Biden. For more information on Brian and the SMU Center for Presidential History, you […]

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America faces its fourth existential crisis, and President-elect Biden will need to go big

Dallas Morning News Originally Posted: January 17, 2021 Jeffrey A. Engel is a history professor and founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. He wrote this opinion column for The Dallas Morning News. What is an American? More accurately, who? The question fuels our current political woes, drives Donald Trump’s […]

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Trump ‘accountable?’ Easier said than done

The Hill Originally Posted: January 12, 2021 BY JAMES F. HOLLIFIELD AND DONLEY T. STUDLAR, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL. In the current controversy over President Trump’s challenge to the Electoral College vote and the attack on the U.S. Capitol, we hear a […]

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Cal Jillson joins Good Day to discuss Democrats trying to impeach President Trump for a second time

FOX4 Originally Posted: January 11, 2021 Democrats in Congress hope to remove President Donald Trump from office or at the very least leave a damaging footnote in history books. SMU political science professor Dr. Cal Jillson joined Good Day to explain how that is possible with just nine days left in office. WATCH

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SMU experts weigh in on the U.S. Capitol attack and discuss what’s next and who’s responsible

North Texas E-News Originally Posted: January 10, 2021 Dallas, Texas (SMU) – These SMU faculty experts share their thoughts about the U.S. capitol attack, explain what the January 6 attack means for President Trump’s standing with the Republican Party and discuss what comes next. Its now more likely that before that Trump will try to pardon himself  “In light […]

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‘The Image Is What Matters’: SMU Presidential Historian Says Better For Nation If Trump Attends Biden Inauguration

CBS DFW Originally Posted: Jan. 8, 2021 Historians and political experts are reacting to an announcement by President Donald Trump that breaks a long-standing tradition. When Joe Biden takes the oath of office on Jan. 20, President Trump says he won’t be there. The president announced the news Friday, Jan 8 on Twitter. He said, […]

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2020 was a tough year. Here’s how we can make it mean something.

Washington Post Originally Posted: December 31, 2020 By Alexis McCrossen Alexis McCrossen is a professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Tex., and the author of a forthcoming book titled “Time’s Touchstone: The New Year in American Life.” Never have a people voiced so much disdain for a single year as they have for 2020. […]

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When We Understand Microaggressions in the Broader Context of Systemic Racism, We’ll Make Some Progress

Diverse Education December 20, 2020 by Priscilla Lui  Many people have heard the word “microaggression,” but how many understand what it really means, or looks like? Wrongfully assuming that an African American student must have been admitted to a prestigious university because of an athletic scholarship, rather than academic merits. Asking a Latina business executive […]

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Seven Years from the “Day of Infamy” to “Human Rights Day”

History News Network December 12, 2020 Rick Halperin, director of the Human Rights Program at SMU Dallas, pens a piece challenging Americans to remember the December WWII dates of the Pearl Harbor bombing and the institution of Human Rights Day seven years later. READ MORE https://bit.ly/3gN3rqF

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Convincing people to get COVID vaccine is vital — here’s how to do it

FOX 4 Originally Posted: December 12, 2020 Austin Baldwin, psychology professor at SMU Dallas, and Jasmin Tiro, associate professor of Population and Data Sciences at UT Southwestern, for a piece mapping out public health strategies to overcome “vaccine hesitancy” among the public. Published at FoxNews.com: https://fxn.ws/2Kgmn5h