Media Coverage - May 2009
The following media mentioned the Kirwan Institute or its staff during May.
E-MAGAZINES/BLOGS
God’s Politics Blog, May 26, 2009
Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization
Blog post quoting John A. Powell
Racewire: A Color Lines Blog, May 27, 2009
Are You Poor? There’ll Be An Extra Charge for That
Article by Andrew Grant-Thomas about extra costs often incurred by those who can least afford it.
Racewire: A Color Lines Blog, May 29, 2009
Torture Paintings
Article by Elsadig Elsheikh on artist Fernando Botero’s use of Abu Ghraib prison torture as inspiration for paintings.
ColorLines, May, 2009
Hitting the Pause on Foreclosures
Article quotes Jason Reece on housing foreclosure
RADIO/TV
C-SPAN, Book TV, May 25, 2009
Organization of American Historians 2009: Hasan Kwame Jeffries "Bloody Lowndes"
PERSPECTIVES ON OHIO’S DEATH PENALTY
On May 9, 2009, the Kirwan Institute sponsored a panel discussion on the death penalty at the Saxbe Auditorium at the Moritz College of Law. Speakers included Andrew Welsh-Huggins, Tim Young, and Doug Berman. Andrew Grant-Thomas, Deputy Director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, served as moderator. The following media provided coverage:
Mershon Center Newsletter, May 4, 2009
"Perspectives on Ohio's Death Penalty"
The Lantern, May 6, 2009
A new Texas? Ohio's death penalty examined
Interview with Andrew Welsh-Huggins.
OSU Today, May 8, 2009
May 9 panel discussion to examine death penalty
MAY BROWN BAG LECTURES
Kirwan’s May Brown Bag lectures were also mentioned in three issues of OSU Today:
OSU Today, May 13, 2009
Sharma Kicks off Kirwan Institute May brown bag lecture series May 15
OSU Today, May 20, 2009
Atalan-Helicke to deliver Kirwan Institute lecture May 22
OSU Today, May 27, 2009
Menendian, Staats to deliver Kirwan Institute brown bag lecture May 29
OTHER MEDIA INTERVIEWS
Call and Post Columbus, May 7, 2009
Conducted an interview with Steve Menendian on the New Haven Firefighters’case (Ricci v. Destafano.)
