Wednesday, July 29, 2026 3:39 PM ET
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How the Trump administration's rhetoric promotes anti-transgender views -- Julie D. Nelson, University of Tampa1 day ago
Air Force One is more than transportation – it has defined how presidents run the country and meet the world -- Peter Kastor, Washington University in St. Louis1 day ago
Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree 'terrorism' – the case could reshape American criminal law -- Art Jipson, University of Dayton2 days ago
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal? -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College2 days ago
Mail ballot mirages aren't fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn't a complete myth -- Andrew E. Busch, University of Tennessee2 days ago
Public opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade -- Laurel Elder, Hartwick College; Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University, and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University6 days ago
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College6 days ago
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology7 days ago
Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare company -- Jacques Hymans, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; University of Southern California9 days ago
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Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump's SAVE America Act stuck? -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia9 days ago
The Trump administration's global campaign against 'radical left terrorism' is built on a national security memo without congressional approval -- Melinda Haas, University of Pittsburgh12 days ago
How Lindsey Graham's keen ability to read the moment propelled him to political relevance for 3 decades -- Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University13 days ago
When a congressman beat a senator unconscious, America confronted the limits of free speech -- Paul Quigley, Virginia Tech16 days ago
Why 'democratic neutrality' is an overlooked threat to American democracy -- Matthew Hall, University of Notre Dame; Brittany Solomon, University of Notre Dame, and Tyler Leigh, University of Notre Dame1 day ago
How America's newspapers lost their voice -- Ken Paulson, Middle Tennessee State University9 days ago
Republicans have beef with Texas Rep. James Talarico – why does meat matter in US politics? -- S. Marek Muller, Texas State University and David Rooney, University of Wyoming15 days ago
The US murder rate fell to historic lows in 2025 – here's why -- James Tuttle, University of Montana20 days ago
When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure? -- Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton12 days ago
Justice Jackson's birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation's search for equality -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College19 days ago
Why Trump's move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won't hold up in court -- Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School12 days ago
Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court's mail-in ballot decision -- Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst27 days ago
After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for 'a degree of depravity in mankind' -- Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina13 days ago
As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division -- Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst and Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst14 days ago
As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease -- Robert A. Ballingall, University of Maine22 days ago
I study the Declaration of Independence, and here's why the colonists' grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later -- Robert Parkinson, Binghamton University, State University of New York1 month ago
Philadelphia's criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods -- Jordan Hyatt, Drexel University; C. Clare Strange; Nathan Link, Rutgers University, and Brian Lawton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice7 days ago
Most Americans support conservation – here's how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board too -- Mike Shriberg, University of Michigan9 days ago
What Allegheny County's new court-ordered mental health treatment program can and can't do -- Erica Maloney, Chatham University9 days ago
Why Colorado replaced its AI discrimination law with a transparency requirement that the feds might challenge anyway -- Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver20 days ago