The Conversation - Politics
Mail ballot mirages aren't fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn't a complete myth - Andrew E. Busch, University of Tennessee
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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 University3 days ago
The antifa terrorism threat the Trump administration describes does not exist -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College3 days ago
Declassified intelligence is not the same as proof -- Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology4 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 California6 days ago
How America's newspapers lost their voice -- Ken Paulson, Middle Tennessee State University6 days ago
Republicans control Congress, so why is Trump's SAVE America Act stuck? -- SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia6 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 Pittsburgh9 days ago
When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure? -- Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton9 days ago
After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for 'a degree of depravity in mankind' -- Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina10 days ago
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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 University10 days ago
When a congressman beat a senator unconscious, America confronted the limits of free speech -- Paul Quigley, Virginia Tech13 days ago
For nearly 250 years, the US has had eyes on Latin America – but interventions then looked rather different -- Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University13 days ago
Washington DC's physical appearance has long been a battleground for competing national ideals and presidential visions -- Allison M. Prasch, University of Wisconsin-Madison26 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 Wyoming12 days ago
Graham Platner's campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America's political parties and how they can be hijacked by insurgents -- Nicholas Jacobs, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies17 days ago
The US murder rate fell to historic lows in 2025 – here's why -- James Tuttle, University of Montana17 days ago
Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much -- Sean G. Massey, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Ann M. Merriwether, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Melissa Hardesty, Binghamton University, State University of New York17 days ago
Justice Jackson's birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation's search for equality -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College16 days ago
Why Trump's move to gut the Endangered Species Act likely won't hold up in court -- Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School9 days ago
Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court's mail-in ballot decision -- Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst24 days ago
'In the end the court did its job' – a former federal judge reviews a Supreme Court term full of momentous decisions -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College24 days ago
As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division -- Tatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst and Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst12 days ago
As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current unease -- Robert A. Ballingall, University of Maine19 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
How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution -- Christopher Magra, University of Tennessee1 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 Justice4 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 Michigan6 days ago
What Allegheny County's new court-ordered mental health treatment program can and can't do -- Erica Maloney, Chatham University6 days ago
Why Colorado replaced its AI discrimination law with a transparency requirement that the feds might challenge anyway -- Stefani Langehennig, University of Denver17 days ago
