Experts in the News

Nathan Jones, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy, comments on the arrest and indictment of one of the top lieutenants of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel.

Nathan Jones, postdoctoral fellow in drug policy, will give a talk at TEDxRiceU, an independently organized TED event, on the prospects for marijuana legalization in Texas.

Saudi Arabia threatened a blockade of Qatar as economic punishment for its support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Wilson Fellow for Energy Studies, is quoted about political pressures among the Gulf states.

As the elderly population worldwide continues to grow, Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, notes that this population is at risk for neglected tropical diseases.

As Congress discusses a broad tax overhaul, all sorts of tax deductions — including mortgage interest deductions — are on the table. Mortgage-data provider HSH recently talked to fellow John Diamond about the economic impact of the deduction and possible changes to its use.