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Trump's US-Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the 'indivisibility problem' Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania

22 hours ago

Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politics -- Matt Motta, Boston University and Robert Ralston, University of Birmingham

22 hours ago

The Constitution promises an interpreter for fair trials – US courts often can't deliver -- Carol Rose Little, University of Oklahoma

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Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today -- Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis

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How money exchanges between House members shape the balance of power in Congress -- Mayank Kejriwal, University of Southern California

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Can kids go to prison? A legal expert explains how young people can be tried and sentenced as adults -- Jay Blitzman, Northeastern University

9 days ago

US indictment of Raúl Castro comes amid a long history of American aggression against Cuba -- Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst

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As America approaches its 250th anniversary, The Federalist remains an indispensable guide to understanding the constitutional system and the nation's enduring independence -- Jordan Cash, Michigan State University

9 days ago

How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti-immigrant great replacement theory -- Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst; Jesse Rhodes, UMass Amherst, and Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst

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Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America -- Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Travis Belote, Montana State University

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To '86' occasionally means to kill but usually doesn't: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey -- Phillip M. Carter, Florida International University

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Trump's 'narco-terrorism' war in Latin America evokes Reagan – then as now, it's more about fighting leftists than drug runners -- Michelle D. Paranzino, US Naval War College

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Trump sidelined Congress' authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend -- Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies and Robert Haswell, Carleton University

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Who was the first transgender person? -- Ky Merkley, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Nick Winters, Northwestern University

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Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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US violent crime is at its lowest in more than a century – but the funding that helped reduce it is disappearing -- Andrea Hagan, Loyola University New Orleans

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US refugee policy for white South Africans is part of a century-long effort to keep some English-speaking nations white -- John Broich, Case Western Reserve University

2 months ago

Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay -- Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston and Jordan Ragusa, College of Charleston

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Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights -- Robert D. Bland, University of Tennessee

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The US Constitution and laws do not protect oil companies from being sued over the harm they cause to the climate -- Alejandro E. Camacho, University of California, Los Angeles and Robert Glicksman, George Washington University

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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution -- Christopher Magra, University of Tennessee

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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution's meaning even as they lay dying -- Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University

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The American Revolution's triumphant story of democracy and freedom overlooks loyalists who paid a steep price for allegiance to Britain -- Kimberly Nath, San Juan College

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How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers -- Michael Helbing, Penn State

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Pepper pot stew was survival food for the poor and a path to freedom for Black women in early Philadelphia -- Carolyn Zola, California State University, East Bay

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Detroit is spending millions on gunshot detection tech – is it an effective tool in the fight against violent crime? -- Tian An Wong, University of Michigan-Dearborn and Divya Ramjee, Rochester Institute of Technology

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