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Bad Bunny is the latest product of political rage — how pop culture became the front line of American politics - Adam G. Klein, Pace University

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Blame the shutdown on citizens who prefer politicians to vanquish their opponents rather than to work for the common good -- Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University

2 days ago

House speaker's refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law -- Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University

2 days ago

The military's diversity rises out of recruitment targets, not any 'woke' goals -- Jeremiah Favara, Gonzaga University

7 days ago

Zohran Mamdani's transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations -- Simon Black, Brock University

8 days ago

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

5 months ago

The Trump administration's anti-immigrant housing policy reflects a long history of xenophobia in public housing -- Rahim Kurwa, University of Illinois Chicago

16 days ago

'These people do it naturally': President Trump's views on immigrant farmworkers reflect a long history of how farming has been idealized and practiced in America -- Doug Sackman, University of Puget Sound

2 months ago

How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Tim Komatsu, UMass Amherst

2 months ago

Amateur hour in Congress: How political newcomers fuel gridlock and government shutdowns -- Rachel Porter, University of Notre Dame and Jeff Harden, University of Notre Dame

7 days ago

The limits of free speech protections in American broadcasting -- Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

29 days ago

The shutdown – and the House's inaction – helps pave Congress' path to irrelevance -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

13 days ago

The Orwellian echoes in Trump's push for 'Americanism' at the Smithsonian -- Laura Beers, American University

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How the First Amendment protects Americans' speech − and how it does not -- Ray Brescia, Albany Law School

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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power -- Graham G. Dodds, Concordia University

29 days ago

Federal judges are frustrated by defiance from the Trump administration and fuzziness from the Supreme Court -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

2 months ago

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

8 months ago

Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment -- Donald Nieman, Binghamton University, State University of New York

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Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce -- Ryan D. Griffiths, Syracuse University

14 days 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

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

10 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

11 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

6 months ago

The disgraceful history of erasing Black cemeteries in the United States -- Chip Colwell, University of Colorado Denver

16 days ago

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

8 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

8 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

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

8 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

8 months ago

Trump's ability to counter Netanyahu's spoiler tactics in public may have been key to advancing a ceasefire in Gaza -- Boaz Atzili, American University School of International Service

11 days ago

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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

9 months ago

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

14 days 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

8 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

8 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

8 months ago

Trump's White House renovations fulfill Obama's prediction, kind of -- Chris Lamb, Indiana University

7 days ago

Under Ron DeSantis' leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025 -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism -- Angie Chuang, University of Colorado Boulder

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White mobs rioted in Washington in 1848 to defend slaveholders' rights after 76 Black enslaved people staged an unsuccessful mass escape on a boat -- Michael David Cohen, American University

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