As President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address approaches tonight, a range of experts from Drexel University are available for interviews with the news media. They can discuss such things as what we can […]
Category: Experts
The Battle Over Reproductive Rights
On the eve of the 41st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion, constitutional law and gender issues expert David S. Cohen joined MSNBC’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” show for a discussion […]
Tweeting All the Way to the NYSE, Will Twitter’s Shares Continue to Rise?
Twitter Inc. made its trading debut at the New York Stock Exchange with a $1.82 billion share sale that made it the second largest Internet IPO in the world, relegating Google Inc.’s stock market debut […]
Are We Prepared for Another Hurricane Sandy? Disaster Prevention Expert Available to Comment
As the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy approaches, disaster prevention/planning expert Dr. Scott Gabriel Knowles is available to discuss what has changed since Sandy and whether or not we’re prepared for future natural disasters. Knowles believes […]
Expert Available: Protecting Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking in the U.S.
It’s one of the worst crimes imaginable, with potential lifelong physical, social and psychological harm to its victims: The commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children, in the form of coerced child prostitution and […]
Child Hunger Expert Dr. Mariana Chilton Comments on Food Insecurity in the U.S.
Today the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Economic Research Service released the annual report on food insecurity in the United States. They report that 17.6 million households, or 14.5 percent, were food insecure in […]
Legal and Public Health Experts Comment on Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Experts from Drexel’s Earle Mack School of Law and School of Public Health are available to comment for news stories about today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the Defense of Marriage Act […]
Who Helps the Helpers? Stress First Aid Targets First Responders
In the aftermath of a building collapse last week in Philadelphia that killed six people in a Salvation Army thrift store and injured more than a dozen others, have we considered the impact on first […]
Mothers Talk Poverty and Hunger: Mariana Chilton and Tianna Gaines Join Melissa Harris-Perry
A message from Dr. Mariana Chilton: This Sunday I am proud to celebrate Mother’s Day by talking about the hunger and poverty faced by too many mothers on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show (10am, MSNBC). I […]
Prepare Teens for Work
As the school year ends, teens will be flocking to apply for summer jobs at local stores and restaurants. Most of them will be turned away. Overlooked in many discussions about the Great Recession is […]