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'Without prejudice': What this 2-word legalese means for the dismissed charges against James Comey and Letitia James - Ray Brescia, Albany Law School

6 days ago

Just follow orders or obey the law? What US troops told us about refusing illegal commands -- Charli Carpenter, UMass Amherst and Geraldine Santoso, UMass Amherst

6 days ago

What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. didn't tell you about 'Operation Northwoods,' the false flag operation he loves to denounce -- Ken Hughes, University of Virginia

14 days ago

Ranked choice voting outperforms the winner-take-all system used to elect nearly every US politician -- Ismar Volić, Wellesley College; Andy Schultz, Wellesley College, and David McCune, William Jewel College

6 days ago

'Jeffrey Epstein is not unique': What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking -- Kate Price, Wellesley College

18 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

6 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

1 month 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

3 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

3 months ago

Why MAGA is so concerned with Epstein − and why the files are unlikely to dent loyalty to Trump -- Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

19 days ago

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

26 days ago

Speaker Johnson's choice to lead by following the president goes against 200 years of House speakers building up the office's power -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia

7 days ago

Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views -- Gregory A. Daddis, Texas A&M University

9 days ago

John Fetterman is an unusual politician – but his rise from borough mayor to US senator reflects a recent trend -- Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University

17 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

3 months ago

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

9 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

2 months ago

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

3 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

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

26 days 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

7 months ago

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

1 month ago

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

9 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

9 months ago

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

10 months ago

Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner's populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party -- Nicholas Jacobs, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies

21 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

9 months ago

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

1 month 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

1 month 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

10 months ago

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

10 months ago

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

1 month 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

9 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

9 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

9 months ago

Supreme Court's decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation of one key phrase -- Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee

2 days ago

Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why -- Ana S. Iltis, Wake Forest University

1 day ago

Pete Hegseth could be investigated for illegal orders by 5 different bodies – but none are likely to lead to charges -- Joshua Kastenberg, University of New Mexico

3 days ago

Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly -- Emilee Rader, University of Wisconsin-Madison

4 days ago

New York's wealthy warn of a tax exodus after Mamdani's win – but the data says otherwise -- Cristobal Young, Cornell University

6 days ago