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Biden Pledged Historic Cabinet Diversity. Here's How His Nominees Stack Up

"Numbers don't tell you everything. And so in this small sample size, just looking at the scene, it looks like he's doing OK with [diversity]. But in fact ... there are some historic firsts," said Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, a nonresident senior fellow with Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, who has compiled data on the diversity of presidents' Cabinets.
Kathryn Dunn Tenpas
Marketplace

How much control do presidents really have over the economy?

A lot also depends on Congress, Owen said, and on monetary policy, which presidents don’t control. “If we’re thinking about them acting unilaterally, they have very few tools,” said Bill Antholis, at the University of Virginia Miller Center. He said that’s especially true when the economy is in crisis. Their ability to perfectly correct the crisis is extremely limited.”
William Antholis
LA Times

Shanghai’s old cinemas tell of a power reversal between China and Hollywood

Hollywood self-censorship comes down to whether America places more value on free speech or on “maximizing shareholder value,” said Aynne Kokas, professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and author of a book about China’s influence on Hollywood. “It goes to the very core of what constitutes free speech and what constitutes democracy, and how important corporate earnings are in that framing.”
Aynne Kokas
Bloomberg

Chris Lu on U.S Jobs Report

Chris Lu, Former Deputy Secretary of Labor and Senior Fellow at the University of Virginia Miller Center, previews Friday's U.S Jobs report with Doug Krizner and Juliette Saly on Bloomberg Daybreak Asia.
Chris Lu
Washington Examiner

Biden White House risks cutting press honeymoon short with self-inflicted wounds

To Barbara Perry, the University of Virginia Miller Center's presidential studies director, it is "premature" to pronounce the end of Biden's honeymoon with the press corps. Instead, she said reporters were simply jumping on any indication the "Kumbaya moment" might be over as they adjust to the dynamics of a new administration. "If you want to use that metaphor, it would be like a couple on their honeymoon, and they have a little spat over something, and then people report the marriage is ending," she said.
Barbara Perry