In the Media
The Tennessean: Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker: Afghan government bound to fall without U.S. support
Aug. 17, 2021
(Samar Ali, research professor of political science and law and co-chair of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity & American Democracy, quoted.)
The New York Times: Afghanistan, Vietnam and the limits of American power
Aug. 17, 2021
(Jefferson Cowie, James G. Stahlman Chair in American History, quoted.)
WTVF: Vanderbilt professor says crisis in Afghanistan could have impact on American credibility
Aug. 16, 2021
(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, interviewed.)
Religion News Service: Afghan government collapses and Taliban on verge of controlling country
Aug. 16, 2021
(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, quoted.)
The Conversation: In Afghanistan, the US again gets to choose how it stops fighting
Aug. 13, 2021
(Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, authored.)
National Geographic: Ice Age mammoth’s life story reconstructed in stunning detail
Aug. 12, 2021
(Larisa DeSantis, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, quoted.)
VICE: Dungeons and djinns: I spent a day chasing wish-granting supernatural beings
Aug. 11, 2021
(Anand Vivek Taneja, assistant professor of religious studies, cited.)
Bloomberg: You eat meat from factory farms. Why not a lab?
Aug. 8, 2021
(Amanda Little, writer-in-residence in English, quoted.)
Washington Post: The U.S. government is designed for failure. And, a new study shows, it’s getting worse
Aug. 8, 2021
(David Lewis, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Chair of Arts and Sciences, quoted.)
The 19th: ‘I don’t sleep very well anymore:’ Many LGBTQ+ people face economic cliff if eviction protections end
Aug. 6, 2021
(Kitt Carpenter, professor of economics, quoted.)