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CEO pay at N.J.'s non-profit hospitals is a big issue. Here's what Top 10 make NJ.com: J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, weighed in on the compensation of New Jersey hospital CEOs, and how they are kept in check. "What holds it down is the…

Balloonfest '86: Cleveland's craziest spectacle remembered The Plain Dealer: Twenty years ago today, the city of Cleveland released 1.5 million balloons to set a world record—but it also led to accidents, mishaps and lawsuits. John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History,…

Candidates want to raise the economic tide to lift opportunity, but how? NPR: Amid the presidential candidates’ discussions and debates on growing the economy, Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, said the best way to boost growth is spending government money on…

Sara's Circle: Finding justice with Dr. Rhonda Williams WKYC: Rhonda Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute, is profiled on her activism, community service, and work at CWRU and throughout Cleveland.

A mysterious polio-like illness that paralyzes people may be surging this year The Washington Post: A polio-like illness called acute flaccid myelitis appears to be surging this year. Max Wiznitzer, professor of pediatrics and neurology, discussed the prevalence, cause and treatment of the illness.

Was the Fed right to delay raising interest rates? Two scholars react The Conversation: After the Federal Reserve decided to leave its target interest rate unchanged, Mark Sniderman, executive in residence and adjunct professor of economics, wrote why he thinks the Fed should have increased rates…

Cleveland poverty numbers drop sharply cleveland.com: Though a new study shows fewer Cleveland residents are living in poverty than at any time since 2008, Claudia Coulton, founder and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, talked about the difficulties for those…

Why Germany still pursues justice for victims of Nazis Christian Science Monitor: Kenneth Ledford, chair of the Department of History, explained why it’s difficult to prosecute individuals accused of Holocaust-related crimes, why such trials often get delayed and why convictions, decades later,…

The lively politics of 1930s art In These Times: Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, discussed the nature of art in the 1930s.

Are antibiotics really appropriate for what ails you? U.S. News & World Report: Ronan Factora, assistant professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, wrote about the problems associated with over-prescribing antibiotics.