/newsroom/taxonomy/term/10006/all en /newsroom/channels/news/experts-pro-trump-chaos-capitol-hill-327436 <p>Last week pro-Trump protesters stormed the legislature as lawmakers were set to review the Electoral College votes that made Joe Biden the president. (<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-congress-confirmation-joe-biden-donald-trump-explainer/">Globe and Mail</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from 黑料不打烊 University that can provide comment on this issue:</p> <p><strong><a href="/history/staff/wendell-adjetey">Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey</a>, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies</strong></p> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 20:59:43 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 255780 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/disastrous-duo-heatwaves-and-droughts-324956 <p>Simultaneous heatwaves and droughts are becoming increasingly common in western parts of the United聽States, according to a new study led by researchers from 黑料不打烊 University. Periods of dry and hot weather, which can make wildfires more likely, are becoming larger, more intense, and more frequent because of climate change.</p> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:46:20 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 241548 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/american-cities-large-hispanic-populations-are-less-likely-police-police-283398 <p><span>How individual police forces treat those that they suspect of being illegal immigrants varies greatly from one city to the next in the U.S. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the police department has a policy that states clearly, 鈥淥fficers shall not stop, question, detain or arrest any person on the ground that they may be undocumented and deportable foreign nationals.鈥� But this is unusual. Local police departments across the U.S. have become increasingly involved in enforcing federal immigration laws since the mid-1990s.</span></p> Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:53:01 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 32779 at /newsroom