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When civil rights protesters are killed, some deaths – generally those of white people – resonate more - Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia

2 days ago

Why the 'Streets of Minneapolis' have echoed with public support – unlike the campus of Kent State in 1970 -- Gregory P. Magarian, Washington University in St. Louis

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Why US third parties perform best in the Northeast -- Bert Johnson, Middlebury College

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Trump administration losing credibility with judges and grand juries – a former federal judge explains why this is 'remarkable and unprecedented' -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

17 days ago

Why Stephen Colbert is right about the 'equal time' rule, despite warnings from the FCC -- Seth Ashley, Boise State University

7 days ago

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19 days ago

Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

1 month ago

Why ICE's body camera policies make the videos unlikely to improve accountability and transparency -- Stephanie Lessing, UMass Boston

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How Jesse Jackson set the stage for Bernie Sanders and today's progressives -- Bert Johnson, Middlebury College

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Enforcing Prohibition with a massive new federal force of poorly trained agents didn't go so well in the 1920s -- Richard F. Hamm, University at Albany, State University of New York

7 days ago

'We want you arrested because we said so' – how ICE's policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

1 month ago

ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb -- Erica De Bruin, Hamilton College

30 days ago

How Homeland Security's subpoenas and databases of protesters threaten the 'uninhibited, robust, and wide-open' free speech protected by Supreme Court precedent -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

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50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation -- John J. Martin, Quinnipiac University

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

3 months 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

6 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

1 year ago

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

3 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

10 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

1 year 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

1 year ago

Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II -- Anna Storti, Duke University

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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

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

1 year ago

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

3 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

3 months ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

1 year ago

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

3 months ago

The 'drug threat' that justified the US ouster of Maduro won't be fixed by his arrest -- Eduardo Gamarra, Florida International University

1 month 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

1 year 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

1 year ago

Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable -- Lauren Hall, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies

4 days ago

Despite massive US attack and death of ayatollah, regime change in Iran is unlikely -- Donald Heflin, Tufts University

21 hours ago

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn't always line up with public opinion -- Marlo Rossi, Rutgers University

3 days ago

Violent aftermath of Mexico's 'El Mencho' killing follows pattern of other high-profile cartel hits -- Angélica Durán-Martínez, UMass Lowell

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Kansas revoked transgender people's IDs overnight – researchers anticipate cascading health and social consequences -- Jae A. Puckett, Michigan State University; L. Zachary DuBois, University of Oregon, and Noelle Martin, Michigan State University

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