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Trump sidelined Congress' authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend - Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies and Robert Haswell, Carleton University

11 days ago

Why Pete Hegseth's Pentagon prayer services challenge traditional notions of separation of church and state – but might be blessed by the Roberts Supreme Court -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

11 days ago

Iran's military forces combine state-of-the-art drones and hackers with out-of-date conventional weapons -- Paul J. Springer, Air University

13 days ago

Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support -- William Garriott, Drake University

11 days ago

How Trump's repeated efforts to fire Federal Reserve Chair Powell harm the economy – and make battling inflation harder -- Ana Carolina Garriga, University of Essex and Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University

11 days ago

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2 months ago

A justice department opinion arguing the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could revert the nation to a time when presidents freely burned their papers -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

12 days ago

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game -- Jeffrey Taliaferro, Tufts University

17 days ago

US ceasefire with Iran: What's next? A former diplomat explains 3 possible scenarios -- Donald Heflin, Tufts University

16 days ago

As a philosopher, I'm convinced that Trump isn't lying − he's doing something worse -- Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University

18 days ago

The ever-evolving Latino vote is rapidly shifting away from Trump and Republicans -- Matt A. Barreto, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and Gary M. Segura, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

1 month ago

I went to CPAC and found Trump supporters unhappy about Iran, Epstein files and the economy, even while the fans at the MAGA conference celebrate his immigration policies -- Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

1 month ago

Workplace relief is coming for employees with symptoms of menstruation, perimenopause and menopause in Philly -- Ann Juliano, Villanova University

29 days ago

Federal election observers once played a key role in securing voting rights for all − but times have changed -- Allison Mashell Mitchell, University of Notre Dame

20 days ago

What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out -- Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University

20 days ago

Presidential words can turn the unthinkable into the thinkable − for better or for worse -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

11 days ago

When a president is unfit for office, here's what the Constitution says can happen -- Kirsten Matoy Carlson, Wayne State University

21 days ago

Pam Bondi's extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn't enough to save her job -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

25 days ago

The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons -- Kevin B. Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1 month ago

Congress still has ways to throttle back Trump's war with Iran – and to ask questions -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia and Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

1 month ago

'Big' legislative package shifts more of SNAP's costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food -- Tracy Roof, University of Richmond

8 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

1 year ago

How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today's progressives -- Bert Johnson, Middlebury College

2 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

1 year ago

75 years after she led a student strike that helped end school segregation, Barbara Rose Johns now stands in the US Capitol where Robert E. Lee once did -- Jonathan Entin, Case Western Reserve University

26 days ago

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

1 year 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

1 year ago

US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century-long effort to keep some English-speaking nations white -- John Broich, Case Western Reserve University

20 days ago

Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives -- Kevin Cope, University of Virginia

20 days ago

Kansas revoked transgender people's IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences -- Jae A. Puckett, Michigan State University; L. Zachary DuBois, University of Oregon, and Noelle Martin, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Philadelphia's 40-year history of protecting undocumented immigrants began with churches hiding refugees from El Salvador -- Menika Dirkson, Morgan State University

20 days ago

What Detroit can learn from participatory budgeting processes in NYC, Boston and Brazil -- Celina Su, CUNY Graduate Center

11 days ago

Overconfidence is how wars are lost − lessons from Vietnam, Afghanistan and Ukraine for the war in Iran were ignored -- Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

1 month ago

War on Iran during nuclear negotiations undermines the US's ability to talk peace around the world − and the effects won't end when Trump leaves office -- Debak Das, University of Denver

29 days ago

Is it 'Ih-ran' or 'E-ron'? Inside the politics of pronunciation -- Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

1 month ago

Operational secrecy kept the US from making evacuation plans – and that means Americans in the Mideast could wait days -- Donald Heflin, Tufts University

1 month ago

Trump's anti-Venezuela actions lack strategy, justifiable targets and legal authorization -- Jeffrey Fields, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

5 months ago

The 'drug threat' that justified the US ouster of Maduro won't be fixed by his arrest -- Eduardo Gamarra, Florida International University

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

1 year 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

1 year ago

If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

6 days ago

Why the US military is stuck using $1 million missiles against Iran's $20,000 drones -- Aaron Brynildson, University of Mississippi

7 days ago

Justice Department's effort to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans could face widespread judicial pushback -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University

4 days ago

Latest attack threatening President Trump reflects rising political violence in US -- James Piazza, Penn State

1 day ago

Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' brings hasty decisions with long-lasting implications, outside of its usual careful deliberation -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University

2 days ago

Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows -- Art Jipson, University of Dayton and Paul J. Becker, University of Dayton

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