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Election officials are fighting wavering voter trust by making mundane processes visible and recruiting citizens to help - Robert Glover, University of Maine

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2 midterm elections that brought on new eras in US politics -- Robert A. Strong, University of Virginia

12 hours ago

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

12 hours ago

No cheery time for election pollsters in run-up to US midterms -- W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication

1 day ago

When presidents ban journalists from the White House, the First Amendment is not the only constitutional right at stake -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University

1 day ago

How red went from the color of revolution to the color of Republicans in US politics -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Why Hispanic Americans are losing faith in the American Dream -- Diana Orcés, American University

5 days ago

What happened at the end of the Revolutionary War? Here's how Americans set up a brand-new country once the fighting ended -- Sandra Slater, College of Charleston

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How the American revolt against Flock cameras mirrors the Boston Tea Party of 1773 -- G. Patrick O'Brien, University of Tampa

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8 RULES TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING REVEALS ABOUT INFLUENCE AND SUPPORT – OR DOESN'T -- Robert Boatright, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies

7 days ago

How 'portfolio reasoning' explains Trump's constant reevaluation of America's value -- J. Christian Spielvogel, Penn State

7 days ago

How anti-bribery laws apply to Trump's promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

8 days ago

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

12 days 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

12 days ago

What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

14 days ago

Lake Ontario to Lake America – who gets to decide what goes on maps? -- Innisfree McKinnon, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic

23 days ago

Darline Graham's inherited Senate seat revives the 'widow's mandate' with a sibling twist -- Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University

30 days ago

Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive -- Kenneth Michael White, Kennesaw State University

13 days ago

What we remember when we remember 9/11 -- Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College

13 days ago

25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans' ability to reconnect -- Tonya Cross Hansel, University of Texas at Arlington

19 days ago

What we forget when we remember 9/11 -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

19 days ago

Labor votes: Discontent will accompany blue‑collar voters to the polls in the midterms -- Robert Forrant, UMass Lowell

20 days ago

Indictments against a top extremism researcher and the SPLC force a reckoning on research ethics – an extremism scholar reflects on the field's challenges -- Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell

21 days ago

Immigration enforcement is supplying a long-standing economic market for prisoners -- Ella Siegrist, Washington University in St. Louis

26 days ago

The United States' human rights practices are taking a nosedive -- K. Chad Clay, University of Georgia

29 days ago

Why the Supreme Court blocked Trump and the Postal Service from restricting mail-in voting for the midterms -- John J. Martin, Quinnipiac University

8 days ago

What to do if your vote is challenged: Practical advice for midterm elections -- Karen Figueroa-Clewett, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

21 days ago

Narrow mail-in voting ruling by Supreme Court adds uncertainty to midterm elections without addressing constitutionality of Trump's executive order -- John J. Martin, Quinnipiac University

28 days ago

How state constitutions became the battleground for American rights and liberties – on both the left and right -- Quinn Yeargain, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Mail-in voting: Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to revive executive order setting limits, rejected by lower courts -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure? -- Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton

2 months ago

Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over 'addictive' features – but that's messier than it sounds -- Jonathan Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon University

14 days ago

How students at Colorado State helped teach their community to stop talking past each other and manage complex problems -- Martin Carcasson, Colorado State University

22 days ago

Trust is a behavior, not a credential – and that explains the Rodgers-Fauci divide -- John C. Besley, Michigan State University

23 days ago

Colorado is facing a housing shortage - building more duplexes and townhomes could be part of the solution -- Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, University of Denver and Susan D. Daggett, University of Denver

1 month ago

Syringe litter did not increase after a needle exchange ban was overturned in Pueblo, Colorado, but health services suffered -- Pranav Padmanabhan, University of Colorado Anschutz; Katherine LeMasters, University of Colorado Boulder, and Paul Christine, University of Colorado Anschutz

29 days ago

Michigan's local election officials are confident in voting integrity ahead of November's midterm election -- Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan

1 month ago

Michigan progressive Abdul El-Sayed won a combative Democratic nomination for US Senate – he'll face new attacks this fall -- Michael Traugott, University of Michigan

1 month ago

A Colorado jail hasn't allowed in-person visits in nearly 20 years – here's what research says about visitation's effects -- Jillian Turanovic, University of Colorado Boulder and Melinda Tasca, University of Texas at El Paso

1 month ago

Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law -- Henry F. Fradella, Arizona State University; George Grispos, Arizona State University, and Jihun Joun, Arizona State University

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