In a radio interview with AirTalk’s Larry Mantle, Prof. Jack Pitney talked about the implications of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s absence from the Senate.

In an opinion piece, Prof. Lily Geismer explained that recent initiatives to increase affordable housing in the suburbs, such as those proposed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, are important steps towards addressing issues of systemic racism and economic inequality. However, suburban elected officials and residents have been resistant to these types of proposed changes and historically, have had success in stopping them. Prof.

Prof. Jack Pitney provided insight into the current state of the House and how Rep. McCarthy’s leadership will be challenged in the existing environment. Pitney explained, “…there’s a faction of Republicans who are bent on pushing an ideological agenda at the expense of an institution. It does not bode well for future votes on things such as the debt limit. He’s going to have a very difficult time, given how much he owes the hard-liners.”

In an opinion piece, Prof. Ronald Riggio wrote about the five signs that your boss is a toxic leader. The key highlights in the article included punitive and narcissistic bosses are two common forms of toxic leadership; leaders who play favorites or pit team members against one another are particularly toxic and a toxic leader can cause chaos in a team and sow seeds of distrust.

In an article highlighting Redlands Representative Pete Aguilar (D), Prof. Jack Pitney is quoted on Aguilar’s relationship with Republican Congressman Jerry Lewis. At Lewis’ funeral, Pitney recalled Aguilar “talked about their long-standing friendship going back to when he was mayor of Redlands. It’s no coincidence they got along so well, because Jerry was pretty much like that too. He was not a cultural warrior. He had a conservative voting record, but he made a point of befriending people on the Democratic side.”

Prof. Gastón Espinosa is quoted in an article highlighting a recent Pew Research Center report that found about 30 percent of Latino adults are not religiously affiliated. This number has increased significantly since 2010. Espinosa explained that the Latino population may be more religious than the survey shows. “Those that identify as charismatic Pentecostals or evangelicals are sometimes counted as unaffiliated or nonreligious because they don’t belong to traditional denominations, like Catholic or Baptist.”