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These state supreme court races could decide abortion access and trans rights - Rachel Rebouché, The University of Texas at Austin

16 hours ago

Armed poll watchers: New Jersey's 1981 racist voter intimidation campaign is a cautionary tale ahead of 2026 midterms -- Mark Krasovic, Rutgers University - Newark

16 hours ago

Primary voters are unrepresentative, inconsistent and very powerful -- Robert Boatright, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies

16 hours ago

We've tracked $80M of spending on almost 170 AI-generated political ads this year – it's weird -- Travis N. Ridout, Washington State University; Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesleyan University, and Michael Franz, Bowdoin College

1 day ago

White nationalism's appeal runs deeper than partisan politics -- Patrick Egan, New York University; James Bisbee, Vanderbilt University, and Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

2 days ago

Christa Pike survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest person to endure a failed execution -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

5 days ago

The trouble with Flock cameras is the surveillance system's architecture, not just some of its users -- Henry F. Fradella, Arizona State University

5 days ago

Up-and-down progress of voting rights in America has been shaped by these 10 key moments -- Gibbs Knotts, Coastal Carolina University and Christopher A. Cooper, Western Carolina University

6 days ago

Dan Rather has followed the news wherever he goes, in a career that highlights 75 years of evolving journalism -- Walter Podrazik, University of Illinois Chicago

6 days ago

As AI political deepfakes go viral, lawmakers struggle to keep up – 2 states' laws show limits of what they can do -- Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver

6 days ago

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7 months ago

Why older lawmakers may wait too long to step aside -- Nancy Forster-Holt, University of Rhode Island

1 day ago

Election officials are fighting wavering voter trust by making mundane processes visible and recruiting citizens to help -- Robert Glover, University of Maine

13 days ago

2 midterm elections that brought on new eras in US politics -- Robert A. Strong, University of Virginia

14 days ago

No cheery time for election pollsters in run-up to US midterms -- W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication

15 days ago

How red went from the color of revolution to the color of Republicans in US politics -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

16 days ago

Ron DeSantis' 2 terms in office fundamentally altered Florida's political landscape, cementing conservative policies through strategic control of state institutions -- Liv Coleman, University of Tampa

7 days ago

Why Hispanic Americans are losing faith in the American Dream -- Diana Orcés, American University

19 days ago

8 RULES TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING REVEALS ABOUT INFLUENCE AND SUPPORT – OR DOESN'T -- Robert Boatright, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies

21 days ago

Trump wants an AI Force like Space Force, but that could make AI's risks harder to manage -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College

9 days ago

Trump frames unregulated AI as a way to keep ahead of China – but in fact, it harms US national security -- Stephen Collins, Kennesaw State University

9 days ago

Other presidents have let white-collar criminals dodge financial penalties – but not like Trump -- Caren Morrison, Georgia State University

14 days ago

How Trump's crypto winnings undermined the industry's push for looser regulation -- Lee Reiners, Duke University

13 days ago

Pete Hegseth is rebuilding the Army's 'brass ceiling' -- Jeremiah Favara, Gonzaga University

16 days ago

Security clearances don't determine whom a president can trust – they reveal risks the president may not know -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

26 days ago

The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

26 days ago

What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

28 days ago

AI tools can help Americans meet their civil legal needs -- Ellen Murphy, Wake Forest University

13 days ago

How the American revolt against Flock cameras mirrors the Boston Tea Party of 1773 -- G. Patrick O'Brien, University of Tampa

20 days ago

What we remember when we remember 9/11 -- Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College

27 days ago

Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive -- Kenneth Michael White, Kennesaw State University

27 days ago

25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans' ability to reconnect -- Tonya Cross Hansel, University of Texas at Arlington

1 month ago

What we forget when we remember 9/11 -- Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University

1 month ago

Indictments against a top extremism researcher and the SPLC force a reckoning on research ethics – an extremism scholar reflects on the field's challenges -- Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell

1 month ago

Immigration enforcement is supplying a long-standing economic market for prisoners -- Ella Siegrist, Washington University in St. Louis

1 month ago

Originalism: What it is, what it isn't and why it's the most democratic option for the Supreme Court -- Brian Fitzpatrick, Vanderbilt University

7 days ago

How due process, not the First Amendment, got the White House ban on reporters blocked in court -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University

12 days ago

After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

1 month ago

Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree 'terrorism' – the case could reshape American criminal law -- Art Jipson, University of Dayton

2 months ago

Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal? -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

2 months ago

When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure? -- Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton

2 months ago

After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for 'a degree of depravity in mankind' -- Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina

2 months ago

As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease -- Robert A. Ballingall, University of Maine

3 months ago

2026 midterms could be the end of Pennsylvania's split legislature, with effects on affordability, election reform, marijuana and more -- Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

2 days ago

Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood is a test case -- Ira Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania

6 days ago

1 in 2 Florida residents live in HOAs – how these private governments are reshaping the American Dream -- Stephanie A. Dhuman, Hamilton College

7 days ago

Pennsylvania's skill games are officially gambling – so should they be at every gas station? -- Jonathan Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon University

7 days ago

ICE arrests at Philadelphia International evoke time when airport police helped military catch AWOL Vietnam War soldiers in 1960s -- Menika Dirkson, Morgan State University

13 days ago

Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over 'addictive' features – but that's messier than it sounds -- Jonathan Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon University

28 days ago

How students at Colorado State helped teach their community to stop talking past each other and manage complex problems -- Martin Carcasson, Colorado State University

1 month ago

Trust is a behavior, not a credential – and that explains the Rodgers-Fauci divide -- John C. Besley, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Tony Carruthers recently survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest man to endure a failed execution -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

6 days ago

Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income -- Tarah Williams, Allegheny College and Andrew Bloeser, Allegheny College

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