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The End of Expertise?
The End of Expertise?

Declining trust in institutions is shaping how governments make policy. How can local governments adapt to a world increasingly defined by doubt?

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OpinionIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025Comment
Remains of Today: How Human Remains are Displayed in Museums
Remains of Today: How Human Remains are Displayed in Museums

As museums rethink how they treat the dead, Jamestown’s “Jane” has become a flashpoint, sparking urgent questions about consent, exploitation, and whether human remains belong in exhibits at all.

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CultureIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025Comment
Cuts to SNAP are Threatening the Livelihoods of New Yorkers
Cuts to SNAP are Threatening the Livelihoods of New Yorkers

A record-breaking shutdown, a sudden freeze on SNAP, and a 118% surge in need: inside the East Harlem pantry fighting to feed a city as government aid collapses.

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PoliticsIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025Comment
Beyond the Altar: Faith-Based Organisations Navigate the Politics of Healing
Beyond the Altar: Faith-Based Organisations Navigate the Politics of Healing

Faith-based organizations have helped communities rebuild trust, but their track record also includes moments of exclusion and bias, raising difficult questions about when faith helps mend divisions, and when it reinforces them.

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PoliticsIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025Comment
Office Hours @ TMP: Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Office Hours @ TMP: Jean-Marie Guéhenno

In this episode of The Morningside Pod, hosts Varun and Celia sit down with Professor Jean-Marie Guéhenno, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and director of SIPA’s Kent Global Leadership Program.

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The Morningside PodIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025Comment
SIPA Professors, Keep Classrooms Laptop-Free
SIPA Professors, Keep Classrooms Laptop-Free

Stephen Chmelewski calls on professors, not students, to restore “the sanctity of the classroom” by banning laptops, with clear exceptions for accessibility.

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OpinionIsabel Nieh HouNovember 24, 2025issueiii2025 Comment
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