In the national news, August 2017

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Tue, 09/05/2017 - 16:56

The Associated Press included Tyler White, political science, in Aug. 9 interviews of experts about North Korea’s missile testing. The story appeared in more than 200 outlets worldwide, including the Washington Post, Stars and Stripes, ABC News, and U.S. News and World Report. White also was interviewed by Al-Jazeera and local radio station KLIN on Aug. 11.

Ari Kohen, political science, was among experts interviewed by CNN’s John Blake for an Aug. 24 story in the wake of the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. The story discussed how apathy and inaction from ordinary citizens can allow white supremacy and neo-Nazism to flourish.

The Aug. 5 New York Times Sunday Review included an op-ed from Jennine Capó Crucet, English, about the symbolism of homes and why she hesitated to buy a house in Lincoln.

Spain’s El Diario quoted Wheeler Winston Dixon, film studies for a Aug. 2 story about the 50th anniversary of the Jean-Luc Godard film “La chinoise.”

NBC News’ Mach science news science site interviewed Heather Richards-Rissetto, anthropology, for an Aug. 16 feature on how technology is transforming archaeology.