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Esther Ngumbi

Esther Ngumbi

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Esther Ngumbi is Assistant Professor of Entomology and African-American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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  1. More Floods Mean Worse Soil
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    More Floods Mean Worse Soil

    Oct 26, 2023 Esther Ngumbi shows how extreme wet conditions can damage the symbiotic ecosystem that underpins our food system.

  2. Tackling America’s Racial Disparities in Science
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    Tackling America’s Racial Disparities in Science

    Jan 29, 2021 Esther Ngumbi proposes four ways to increase the representation of women and people of color in STEM fields.

  3. Is the Rebellion Against Science Over?
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    Is the Rebellion Against Science Over?

    Oct 6, 2020 Esther Ngumbi reflects on how science, its public standing, and its role in policymaking have fared during the pandemic.

  4. A Pandemic of Hunger
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    A Pandemic of Hunger

    May 12, 2020 Esther Ngumbi warns that the COVID-19 crisis is aggravating food insecurity in developing and developed countries alike.

  5. Putting a Price on Soil
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    Putting a Price on Soil

    Jan 3, 2020 Esther Ngumbi asks what we need to do to get more people to care about such a strategic asset as soils.

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    Can Claudia Sheinbaum Escape AMLO’s Shadow?

    Guillermo Ortiz asks whether Mexico’s new president will govern as a pragmatist or embrace her predecessor’s populism.
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    America’s Broken Constitution

    Nicholas Reed Langen

    For America to address the glaring flaws in its constitutional order, it will need to move to a system where judicial decisions are made not by “Democratic judges” or “Republican judges,” but just by judges. No other liberal democracy allows for such a corrosively politicized appointment process.

     sees the country’s politicized Supreme Court as the biggest obstacle to addressing many other problems.
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    The Cuban Contingent Protecting Maduro

    Jorge G. Castañeda explains why the sham Venezuelan presidential election has not triggered a repeat of the 1958 military coup.
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    Is Antitrust Enforcement Broken?

    Though antitrust enforcement has been gaining momentum on both sides of the Atlantic, a handful of private actors still wield extraordinary market power – and thus power over ordinary people’s lives. With some calling for more radical action, and others warning that reining in firms’ market power would be unhelpful and even harmful, we asked PS commentators what needs to be done.

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    Europe and the Polycrisis

    Thomas Buberl argues that safeguarding the EU’s future demands a fundamental institutional transformation by 2045.
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    The Beggar-Thy-Neighbor Test

    Dani Rodrik explains how to steer international economic-policy debates toward what really matters.
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    Who Needs a New Economic Paradigm?

    Andrés Velasco asks what’s behind the ambition, on both the left and right, to promote a transformative vision of the field.
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    Is Capitalism Really the Cause of Global Inequality?

    Kenneth Rogoff thinks greater economic openness is key to tackling cross-country disparities and achieving sustainability.
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    The Key That Unlocks Cleantech Financing in Europe

    Craig Douglas urges EU leaders to borrow against future Emissions Trading System revenues to finance higher investment now.

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