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Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed - Kris Inman, Georgetown University

4 days ago

3 reasons Republicans' redistricting power grab might backfire -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

6 days ago

Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

21 days ago

Elon Musk's plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices -- Thom Reilly, Arizona State University

6 days ago

Gaza isn't the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen -- Jeff Bachman, American University School of International Service and Esther Brito Ruiz, American University School of International Service

4 days ago

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1 year ago

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

2 months ago

Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population -- Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis

21 days ago

What MAGA means to Americans -- Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst; Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Douglas Rice, UMass Amherst; Gregory Wall, UMass Amherst, and Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst

1 month ago

Justice Department efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans likely violate constitutional rights -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University and Irina D. Manta, Hofstra University

1 month ago

One 'big, beautiful' reason why Republicans in Congress just can't quit Donald Trump -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

1 month ago

Trump administration's lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could divert energy from national security priorities -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

1 month ago

President Trump's tug-of-war with the courts, explained -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

1 month ago

Emil Bove confirmed – his appeals court nomination echoed earlier controversies, but with a key difference -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

17 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

1 month 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

5 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

5 months ago

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

5 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

5 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

7 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

8 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

8 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

3 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

5 months ago

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

5 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

5 months ago

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

6 months ago

When socialists win Democratic primaries: Will Zohran Mamdani be haunted by the Upton Sinclair effect? -- James N. Gregory, University of Washington

17 days 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

5 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

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

6 months ago

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

5 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

5 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

5 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

5 months ago

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets -- Stephen Przybylinski, Michigan State University

3 days ago

4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders -- Charli Carpenter, UMass Amherst and Geraldine Santoso, UMass Amherst

1 day ago

This isn't how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven -- Donald Heflin, Tufts University

3 days ago

The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats – but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future -- David Alff, University at Buffalo

2 days ago