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'Epic' blue wave helps Democrats take Congress in overwhelming rebuke to President Trump - Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

16 hours ago

Democrats in House poised to investigate the Trump Administration, taking up a long-standing power GOP-led Congress ignored for the past two years -- Drew Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University and Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University

16 hours ago

Justice Department's interference before midterms was unsuccessful, unprofessional and unprecedented -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

20 hours ago

From 18th-century false ballots to the second JFK and double Dan Sullivans, a brief history of spoiler candidates and the unsuccessful legal challenges to them -- Drew Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University

1 day ago

Fascism mixed into cringey online content is easy to mock – but no less dangerous -- Matthew N. Hannah, University of Wisconsin-Madison

5 days ago

Presidents of both parties defended libraries as allies of democracy for a century – until Trump -- Alex H. Poole, Drexel University

5 days ago

Federal policy helped widen rural America's fresh food gap, but a 90-year-old law could help close it -- Michelle Miller, University of Wisconsin-Madison

5 days ago

Political information increasingly comes from pop culture, outside of partisan silos but where male creators – and sometimes misogyny – dominate -- Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University; Natalie Pennington, Colorado State University, and Nick Marx, Colorado State University

6 days ago

Democrats are the unwitting beneficiaries of Trump's immigration policies -- Justin Gest, George Mason University; Institute for Humane Studies

6 days ago

Why over two-thirds of Americans say their country is in decline -- Dante Chinni, Michigan State University and Ari Pinkus, Michigan State University

6 days ago

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8 months ago

I've been talking to MAGA supporters for years, and here's why some are sticking with Trump — and others are not -- Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

7 days ago

Why your vote for local chief prosecutor will matter on Election Day -- Ronald Wright, Wake Forest University

8 days ago

What legal experts say about the Trump administration's attempts to make a federal case out of state elections -- Naomi Schalit, The Conversation

8 days ago

Are American voters actually gloomy about the economy, or is something else going on? -- Erin Kay Lockwood, University of California, Irvine

5 days ago

Data centers are inspiring bipartisanship – for now -- Barbara A. Trish, Grinnell College

8 days ago

How governments worldwide are shaping what AI can say about politics -- Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University

14 days ago

Why the political ambition gap between men and women persists even at the local level -- Emma Schroeder, Texas Christian University; Fiona Rodger, University of Notre Dame, and Samantha Chapa, University of Texas at Arlington

9 days ago

Offering cash for votes is quite common – but here's why it doesn't work -- Kenneth Greene, The University of Texas at Austin

14 days ago

Congress is freeing Trump of the limited legal requirements left on him by the Supreme Court -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

9 days ago

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI's risks harder to manage -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College

1 month ago

Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security -- Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State University

1 month ago

Other presidents have let white-collar criminals dodge financial penalties – but not like Trump -- Caren Morrison, Georgia State University

1 month ago

How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation -- Lee Reiners, Duke University

1 month ago

Pete Hegseth is rebuilding the Army's 'brass ceiling' -- Jeremiah Favara, Gonzaga University

1 month ago

Security clearances don't determine whom a president can trust – they reveal risks the president may not know -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

1 month ago

The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

1 month ago

Punishment alone won't help gang-involved teens – a former child soldier explains why -- Charles Wratto, Igbinedion University Okada

6 days ago

Are transgender sports bans really about protecting women? Survey data tells a different story -- Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst; Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, and Lane Cuthbert, UMass Amherst

15 days ago

Are partisan politics even changing up our accents? They just might be, y'all -- Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

15 days ago

Young voters fear mass shootings like the one in Oregon, but that fear divides them on gun control -- Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder and Kristin Lloyd, Clemson University

16 days ago

In newly independent US, Americans debated whether public executions taught a lesson or just showed off the state's power to destroy -- Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino

21 days ago

Why the Paramount-Warner merger is a problem for democracy -- Seth Ashley, Colorado State University

22 days ago

US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect -- Markus Schneider, University of Denver

15 days ago

White nationalism's appeal runs deeper than partisan politics -- Patrick Egan, New York University; James Bisbee, Vanderbilt University, and Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

30 days ago

Republicans can confirm a Supreme Court justice if Democrats take the Senate, but at what cost? -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

20 days ago

When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can't answer the hardest questions -- Sonia Suter, George Washington University and Naomi Cahn, University of Virginia

23 days ago

Christa Pike survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest person to endure a failed execution -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

1 month ago

Originalism: What it is, what it isn't and why it's the most democratic option for the Supreme Court -- Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt University

1 month ago

How due process, not the First Amendment, got the White House ban on reporters blocked in court -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University

1 month ago

After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

2 months ago

Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree 'terrorism' – the case could reshape American criminal law -- Art Jipson, University of Dayton

3 months ago

Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal? -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

3 months ago

Pennsylvania Democrats now have power to push forward on election reform, marijuana legalization and minimum wage increases -- Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

11 hours ago

Disaster aid has become a political lottery – libraries, schools and places of worship are stepping into the breach -- Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University

2 days ago

3 major issues that Republican Byron Donalds or Democrat David Jolly will need to address as Florida's next governor -- Liv Coleman, University of Tampa

6 days ago

Many vapes and e-cigarettes are now banned in Pennsylvania – here's what Philly consumers and businesses need to know -- Ana Santos Rutschman, Villanova University

15 days ago

Philly voters care about local issues, but election integrity fears make them wonder if their vote matters -- Heather LaMarre, Temple University

21 days ago

Murder of Black suffrage leader Octavius Catto reveals why Election Day 1871 was one of the most violent in Philadelphia history -- Timothy Welbeck, Temple University

22 days ago

More than 119 million Brazilians voted in the Oct. 4 election – including about 21,000 Florida residents -- Rafael R. Ioris, University of Denver

23 days ago

The oil market that sets today's gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania -- Brian C. Black, Penn State

26 days ago