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Retailers urged to re-think police calls for low-level crimes after George Floyd's death Minneapolis Star Tribune: Cassi Pitt­man Claytor, the Climo Junior Professor in the Department of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences and a scholar of racial profiling in retail settings, said that…

Study: Waning pandemic could still create new child care deserts in Cuyahoga County WEWS: Meghan Salas Atwell, senior research associate and associate director of the Poverty Center at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, weighed in on a study that she co-authored…

Supreme Court weighs whether to enter gun debate amid calls for stricter limits CBS News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said the likelihood of the Supreme Court rendering “a broad, sweeping gun decision that wipes out or curtains gun regulations nationwide is…

Best personal loans of 2021 WalletHub: Tim Fogarty, a professor of accountancy at Weatherhead School of Management, discussed how taking out a personal loan affects an individual’s taxes.

It starts with gum disease. But it can lead to a lot worse. Wall Street Journal: Anita Aminoshariae, professor of endodontics and director of the Predoctoral Endodontics Program, and Leena Palomo, professor of periodontics and director of the DMD Periodontics Program at the School of Dental…

George Floyd’s body is on trial for its own murder Rolling Stone: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, noted that the defense for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of the murder of George Floyd, is relying upon…

Ohio GOP lieutenant governor faces political test over tweet The Associated Press: Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that recent online behavior of Lt. Gov. John Husted is part of a larger pattern of…

Ashland County restaurant owner's decision to go mask-less upheld by judge WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, disagreed with a judge’s ruling that allowed a local restaurant to go mask-less inside the business, noting that local health departments are empowered by law to…

Can cops say that? Police in trouble over divisive social media posts Illinois Public Radio: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and director of the law school’s First Amendment Clinic, commented on an internal investigation of an Illinois police department after Facebook posts by two police officers…

Law's Ayesha Bell Hardaway discusses Day 4 of trial of Derek Chauvin on CNN CNN: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute weighed in on the proceedings in Derek Chauvin’s trial. “The details of this police report were written in a way that is…