Anti-Immigrant Ads in the US, Investments in Transportation, and More

November 3, 2022

Americans are overwhelmed with the amount of campaign ads flooding their television and social media feeds ahead of the midterms. But these ads can have a more sinister effect for some segments of the U.S. population. Gabriel Sanchez and Carly Bennett examine how exposure to a high number of anti-immigrant campaign ads may impact the attitudes of the Latino population.

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When it comes to transportation policy, congressional lawmakers had a historically productive year. But where is spending being prioritized and what’s to come over the next few years? Adie Tomer lays out the details and argues that the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Addressing climate change must be a global undertaking, even though the world’s wealthy nations have been responsible for most of the global warming to date. On the latest episode of Climate Sense, Samantha Gross speaks with María Fernanda Espinosa, Todd Stern, and David Victor on why climate is such a challenging political problem, what it took to get an agreement in Paris in 2015, and how the world can collaborate on this pressing issue.

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