

Chicago Tribune
August 11, 2025
Thomas A. Stapleford is an associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of “The Cost of Living in America: A Political History of Economic Statistics, 1880–2000” and is completing a book on “The Ethics of Official Facts.”
Newsweek
August 11, 2025
Family economist Kasey Buckles also spoke about the practical way religion impacts fertility. "If young people are less likely to be a part of faith communities for whatever reason, then they may also find it too costly to have children without that support—especially if other institutions like neighborhoods or public education are also weak," said Buckles, a professor of economics and gender studies at Indiana's University of Notre Dame.
The New York Times
August 11, 2025
The Rucho decision was part of a larger trend, said Derek T. Muller, a law professor at Notre Dame. “These developments reflect a federal judiciary increasingly unwilling to engage in judicial review of the political process,” he said. “And political actors in response are flexing the new power they have.”
The Conversation
August 08, 2025
The Conversation U.S. asked Tom Stapleford, a professor who has written a book on the political history of the U.S. consumer price index, to explain why this move could undermine trust in the indicators the government releases and why that could damage the economy.
The Washington Post
August 08, 2025
Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, said Democrats are likely to argue that they are in fact representing their constituents by doing everything in their power to deny Republicans the ability to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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