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2026 begins with an increasingly autocratic United States rising on the global stage - Shelley Inglis, Rutgers University

4 days ago

Can the US 'run' Venezuela? Military force can topple a dictator, but it cannot create political authority or legitimacy -- Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

6 days ago

Voters shrug off scandals, paying a price in lost trust -- Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston

5 days ago

2026's abortion battles will be fought more in courthouses and FDA offices than at the voting booth -- Rachel Rebouché, The University of Texas at Austin

1 month ago

The 'sacred' pledge that will power the relaunch of far-right militia Oath Keepers -- Alexander Lowie, University of Florida

13 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

7 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

2 months 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

4 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

4 months 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

1 month ago

Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

16 days ago

Karoline Leavitt's White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell's '1984' -- Laura Beers, American University

25 days ago

As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his 'client list' -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

21 days ago

Trump administration's immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

1 month ago

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

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

4 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

3 months ago

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

2 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

4 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

11 months ago

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

1 month 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

8 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

10 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

10 months ago

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

11 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

1 month 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

10 months ago

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

2 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

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

10 months ago

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

11 months ago

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

11 months ago

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

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

10 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

10 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

10 months ago

ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself -- Ben Jones, Penn State

2 days ago

Greenland's melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump is eyeing dangerous to extract -- Paul Bierman, University of Vermont

4 days ago

George Washington's foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens -- Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino

20 hours ago

Today Venezuela, tomorrow Iran: can the Islamic Republic survive a second Trump presidency? -- Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver

1 day ago

I wrote a book on the politics of war powers, and Trump's attack on Venezuela reflects Congress surrendering its decision-making powers -- Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology

8 days ago