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

5 days ago

From defenders to skeptics: The sharp decline in young Americans' support for free speech -- Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University

5 days ago

In death penalty cases, the quest for justice is not America's highest value -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

5 days ago

How William Howard Taft's approach to government efficiency differed from Elon Musk's slash-and-burn tactics -- Laura Ellyn Smith, Arizona State University

5 days ago

How the Take It Down Act tackles nonconsensual deepfake porn − and how it falls short -- Sylvia Lu, University of Michigan

8 days ago

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10 months ago

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

5 days 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

1 month ago

We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to 'contain' people of color and immigrants -- Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California and Raquel Delerme, University of Southern California

2 months ago

The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit -- Kendra D. Boyd, Rutgers University

1 month ago

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize -- Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst

1 month ago

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America's military power -- Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California

2 months ago

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies -- Jordan Miller, Arizona State University

2 months 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

2 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

2 months ago

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

2 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

2 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

4 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

5 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

5 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

29 days 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

2 months ago

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

2 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

2 months ago

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

3 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

2 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

2 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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

2 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

2 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

2 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

2 months ago

AI chatbots refuse to produce 'controversial' output − why that's a free speech problem -- Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University and Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University

4 months ago

Congress began losing power decades ago − and now it's giving away what remains to Trump -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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How redefining just one word could strip the Endangered Species Act's ability to protect vital habitat -- Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California, Davis

3 days ago