Florida, once considered a swing state, is firmly Republican – a social anthropologist explains what caused this shift - Alexander Lowie, University of Florida

3 days ago

Trump's aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it -- Daniel Hall, Miami University

3 days ago

Memes and conflict: Study shows surge of imagery and fakes can precede international and political violence -- Tim Weninger, University of Notre Dame and Ernesto Verdeja, University of Notre Dame

3 days ago

Some politicians who share harmful information are rewarded with more clicks, study finds -- Yu-Ru Lin, University of Pittsburgh

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From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone's data for surveillance -- Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University

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Supreme Court's decision on deportations gave both the Trump administration and ACLU reasons to claim a victory − but noncitizens clearly lost -- Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst and Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

17 days ago

We study mass surveillance for social control, and we see Trump laying the groundwork to 'contain' people of color and immigrants -- Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California and Raquel Delerme, University of Southern California

2 months ago

Survey shows immigrants in Florida – even US citizens – are less likely to seek health care after passage of anti-immigrant laws -- Elizabeth Aranda, University of South Florida; Elizabeth Vaquera, George Washington University; Emely Matos Pichardo, University of South Florida, and Liz Ventura, University of South Florida

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The murder rate in Venezuela has fallen − but both Trump and Maduro are wrong about why -- Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida

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The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit -- Kendra D. Boyd, Rutgers University

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Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize -- Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America's military power -- Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California

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CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies -- Jordan Miller, Arizona State University

2 months ago

What's a constitutional crisis? Here's how Trump's recent moves are challenging the Constitution's separation of powers -- Jeffrey Schmitt, University of Dayton

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Trump administration sets out to create an America its people have never experienced − one without a meaningful government -- Sidney Shapiro, Wake Forest University and Joseph P. Tomain, University of Cincinnati

2 months ago

A short history of the separation of powers: from Cicero's Rome to Trump's America -- Vittorio Bufacchi, University College Cork

2 months ago

Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the 'power of the purse' works -- Zachary Price, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco

2 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

3 months ago

Wildland firefighters face a big pay cut if Congress doesn't act − that's taking a toll on a workforce already under stress -- Robin Verble, Missouri University of Science and Technology

4 months ago

Trump's agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican 'trifecta' of winning the House, Senate and White House -- Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

5 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

11 days ago

Anti-DEI guidance from Trump administration misinterprets the law and guts educators' free speech rights -- Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Rebecca Hamlin, UMass Amherst

2 months ago

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

2 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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

From opposing robber barons to the New Deal to desegregation to DOGE, state attorneys general have long taken on Washington -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College

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

2 months ago

As Pennsylvania inches toward legalizing recreational cannabis, lawmakers propose selling it in state-owned dispensaries similar to state liquor stores -- Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State

2 months ago

Israel's bombing of Gaza caused untold environmental damage − recovery will take effort and time -- Lesley Joseph, University of South Carolina

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

What is isolationism? The history and politics of an often-maligned foreign policy concept -- Andrew Latham, Macalester College

1 month 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

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

2 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

2 months ago

Justice Department lawyers work for justice and the Constitution – not the White House -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

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AI chatbots refuse to produce 'controversial' output − why that's a free speech problem -- Jordi Calvet-Bademunt, Vanderbilt University and Jacob Mchangama, Vanderbilt University

3 months ago

Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence -- Iveta Silova, Arizona State University

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