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The Conversation - Politics

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

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

12 hours ago

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

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

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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

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

5 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

6 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

7 days ago

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

6 days ago

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From the Freedom Caucus to the democratic socialists, small groups inside parties can wreak havoc with leaders' agenda in Congress -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia and Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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

16 days ago

USS Abraham Lincoln's record deployment highlights shortfalls of US military readiness -- Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

19 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

23 days ago

Why Democrats are amplifying corruption talk: A historical strategy for parties out of power -- Robert Boatright, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies

20 days ago

White House ballroom cleared for now, but question remains: Can president legally use donations to build it? -- Ellen P. Aprill, University of California, Los Angeles

15 days ago

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

27 days ago

Don't trust the name on the PAC -- Brian Sheppard, Seton Hall University and Andrew Moshirnia, Monash University

1 month ago

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

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

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

13 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

14 days ago

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

19 days ago

Tiny house villages are increasingly responding to the homeless crisis in America's fast-growing cities -- Yetimoni Kpeebi, University of North Carolina – Charlotte and Brandon Marc Finn, University of Michigan

21 days ago

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

22 days ago

What Luigi Mangione's celebrity says about Gen Z -- Evan Clarkson, Utah Valley University

28 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

14 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

21 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

1 month ago

Mail ballot mirages aren't fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn't a complete myth -- Andrew E. Busch, University of Tennessee

1 month ago

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

7 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

15 days ago

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

16 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

27 days 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

22 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

Supreme Court to decide on whether Trump's voting-by-mail rules can go into effect – but might not rule yet on whether they're constitutional -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

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