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Ceasefires like the one between Iran and Israel often fail – but an agreement with specific conditions is more likely to hold -- Donald Heflin, Tufts University

5 days ago

What happens next in US-Iran relations will be informed by the two countries' shared history -- Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

5 days ago

Grover Norquist's lasting influence on the GOP and US economic policy -- Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Drew Kurlowski, Coastal Carolina University

5 days ago

Blocking exports and raising tariffs is a bad defense against industrial cyber espionage, study shows -- William Akoto, American University

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11 months ago

Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

1 month ago

The legal limits of Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia -- Jennifer J. Lee, Temple University

1 month ago

Supreme Court's decision on deportations gave both the Trump administration and ACLU reasons to claim a victory − but noncitizens clearly lost -- Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst and Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

2 months ago

US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning decades before US strikes on nuclear sites -- Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

8 days ago

Metro Detroit is growing – but its suburbs are telling a more complicated story -- Grigoris Argeros, Eastern Michigan University

6 days ago

Smartphones are once again setting the agenda for justice as the Latino community documents ICE actions -- Allissa V. Richardson, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

6 days ago

What's the right way to mark Juneteenth? The newest US holiday is confusing Americans -- Timothy Welbeck, Temple University

13 days ago

Noam Chomsky at 96: The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence -- Robert F. Barsky, Vanderbilt University

13 days ago

What's a constitutional crisis? Here's how Trump's recent moves are challenging the Constitution's separation of powers -- Jeffrey Schmitt, University of Dayton

3 months ago

Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government -- Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University and Joseph P. Tomain, University of Cincinnati

4 months ago

A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero's Rome to Trump's America -- Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork

4 months ago

Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the 'power of the purse' works -- Zachary Price, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

4 months ago

Job of homeland security secretary is to adapt almost continuously to pressures from the department, the public and the world at large -- Frank J. Cilluffo, Auburn University

5 months ago

Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn't act − that's taking a toll on a workforce already under stress -- Robin Verble, Missouri University of Science and Technology

6 months ago

Trump's agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican 'trifecta' of winning the House, Senate and White House -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

7 months ago

Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery -- Neil K R Sehgal, University of Pennsylvania and Ashwini Sehgal, Case Western Reserve University

2 months ago

Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators' free speech rights -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst

4 months ago

Philadelphia continues long history of Black-led protest meetings aimed at fighting racial inequity and prejudice -- Linn Washington, Jr., Temple University

4 months ago

60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that's all too familiar in US history -- Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

4 months ago

Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans -- Nathaniel M. Tran, University of Illinois Chicago

4 months ago

From opposing robber barons to the New Deal to desegregation to DOGE, state attorneys general have long taken on Washington -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

3 months ago

Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don't realize it -- Christine Keiner, Rochester Institute of Technology

4 months ago

As Pennsylvania inches toward legalizing recreational cannabis, lawmakers propose selling it in state-owned dispensaries similar to state liquor stores -- Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

4 months ago

Israel's bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental damage − recovery will take effort and time -- Lesley Joseph, University of South Carolina

4 months ago

Syria's mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal -- Stefan Schmitt, Florida International University

4 months ago

Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict -- Christine Leuenberger, Cornell University

4 months ago

Palestinians have long resisted resettlement – Trump's plan to 'clean out' Gaza won't change that -- Maha Nassar, University of Arizona

4 months ago

What is isolationism? The history and politics of an often-maligned foreign policy concept -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

3 months ago

The only 'winner' here is Putin: Ukraine unites in response to Trump-Zelenskyy spat and resigns itself to new reality -- Lena Surzhko Harned, Penn State

3 months ago

As the Kremlin eyes a thaw with the White House, Russia's pro-war hawks aren't too happy -- Adam Lenton, Wake Forest University

4 months ago

Is a united European voice possible in the age of Trump, Putin and far-right politics? Germany's new leader intends to find out -- Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University

4 months ago

The sleeper Supreme Court decision that could have profound impacts on the Trump administration agenda – and restore faith in the high court -- Ray Brescia, Albany Law School

7 days ago

Supreme Court rules Trump can rapidly deport immigrants to Libya, South Sudan and other countries they aren't from -- Eleanor Paynter, University of Oregon

6 days ago

Supreme Court upholds childproofing porn sites -- Meg Leta Jones, Georgetown University

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Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress declaring war − Trump's bombing of Iran is just the latest -- Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology

6 days ago

US bombs Iran's nuclear sites: What led to Trump pulling the trigger – and what happens next? -- Javed Ali, University of Michigan

8 days ago

How Zohran Mamdani's win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country -- Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University

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