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NPR: Larry Pfeiffer and Michael V. Hayden were appalled by their former employer, the NSA, papering over plaques of women and people of color who served at the agency. They got the paper removed.
The Washington Post (audio option): Commanders owner Josh Harris says team will stick with name (A Washington Post-Schar School poll cited). Similar in Reuters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Daily Mail(UK), MSN, WKTEN-TV10 (local ABC affiliate in Denison, TX), The Guam Daily Post, and other media outlets.
Homeland Security Today: Mahmut Cengiz provides the media outlet with its “threat forecast” for 2025 using Schar School tools.
The Washington Post: GVIP 2024 grad Molly Izer and her duo partner Z, an engineering student, release their first CD.
Virginia Business Magazine (audio option): U.S. trade war could raise prices, economists say (Stuart Malawer quoted).
The Conversation: Nonprofits that provide shelter for homeless people, disaster recovery help, and for low-income Americans rely heavily on federal funding—they would be reeling if Trump froze that money (Op-ed co-authored by Mirae Kim).
Newsweek: Donald Trump sees drop in Instagram followers on POTUS account (Justin Gest quoted).
The Hill (audio option): Trump’s tariffs are economic nonsense, but far-right culture war catnip (Op-ed by J.P. Singh). Also in Yahoo! News.
Texas Observer: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera writes in an op-ed that while drug cartels are not “foreign terrorist organizations,” the terror in Mexico is real.
WNP (translation may be required; Poland): USA: Expert: 25 percent on tariffs on Mexico and Canada is a very radical step (Kenneth Reinert quoted). Also in Property News (Poland), NCZAS (Poland), and other media outlets.
Virginia Business Magazine (audio option): Trump 2.0: Making real estate great again (Terry L. Clower quoted).
Cincinnati Herald (The Conversation pickup): Government funding freeze could devastate U.S. nonprofit sector (Op-ed coauthored by Mirae Kim).
The American Prospect: Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera coauthors an investigative magazine story about Philadelphia’s opioid crisis and failed drug policies.
Virginia Business Magazine (audio option): Could Boeing HQ move be in the cards? (Terry L. Clower quoted).
WTOP (audio): Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera discusses the effects of deportation efforts.
DC News Now: ‘Tariffs are always a lose-lose and there are no winners’: Policy professor discusses U.S. imposing tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China (David Ramadan discusses topic).
Richmond Times-Dispatch: In an op-ed, Stuart Malawer describes how a Trump trade war will damage Virginia’s economy.
Boca Magazine: What Broward College’s Choice for President Reveals About the FAU Search (Comments to the Tampa Bay Times by Judith Wilde cited).
Stennis Center for Public Service (Public Service Review): Lessons from the Corps (Student and former USMC officer Anthony Brooks, master’s candidate in political science, profiled). Brooks starts on page 48.
Libération (translation may be required; audio option; France): Why were portraits of women and people from ethnic minorities on a display in a museum in the United States covered up? (Larry Pfeiffer quoted).
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, WA): Presidential pardons have been abused by all sides for too long. Time to limit them. (Op-ed in which Mark J. Rozell quoted).
Columbia FDI Perspective: Kenneth Reinert writes about the state of industrial economic policies and the raging subsidy war.
New York Post: Louise Shelley comments on the conviction of a Miami real estate broker who helped Russian oligarchs rent and sell property in Florida. Also in Network Today, The News (Norway), and other media outlets.
ALXnow: What could the return-to-office mandate mean for Alexandria? (Terry L. Clower, quoted). Similar in ARLnow.
Daily News (Newark, NJ): Decoding Trump’s use of executive power: A comprehensive analysis (Mark J. Rozell mentioned).
El Informador (translation may be required; Mexico): The “invasion” is remote, but… (Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera quoted).
The Hindu Business Line (subscription may be required; India): Trump’s energy imperatives (Umud Shokri quoted).
Voice of America-Armenia (translation may be needed): Richard Kauzlarich is interviewed about political developments in the South Caucasus.
Alternet: 'Now the harder test': Experts cautiously celebrate as Musk locked out of Treasury systems (Posts on Bluesky by Jennifer N. Victor cited).