Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy - Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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What does Israel's strike mean for US policy on Iran and prospects for a nuclear deal? -- Javed Ali, University of Michigan

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Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent -- Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston

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US Army's image of power and flag-waving rings false to Gen Z weary of gun violence − and long-term recruitment numbers show it -- Jacob Ware, Georgetown University

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From Washington's burned letters to Trump's missing transcripts, partial presidential records limit people's full understanding of history -- Shannon Bow O'Brien, The University of Texas at Austin

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Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

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The legal limits of Trump's crackdown on sanctuary cities like Philadelphia -- Jennifer J. Lee, Temple 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

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Avoiding your neighbor because of how they voted? Democracy needs you to talk to them instead -- Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis

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What is the biggest gaffe, blooper or blunder that a recent president has made? It may depend on what your definition of 'is' is -- Chris Lamb, Indiana University

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Detroit's next mayor can do these 3 things to support neighborhoods beyond downtown -- Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University

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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

3 months ago

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

3 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

3 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

5 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

6 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

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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

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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

3 months ago

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

3 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

3 months ago

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

4 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

3 months 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

3 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

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

3 months ago

Syria's mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal -- Stefan Schmitt, Florida International University

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

3 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

3 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

3 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

3 months ago

From Kent State to Los Angeles, using armed forces to police civilians is a high-risk strategy -- Brian VanDeMark, United States Naval Academy

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'Who controls the present controls the past': What Orwell's '1984' explains about the twisting of history to control the public -- Laura Beers, American University

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Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump's missile defense threatens to make the US less safe -- Matthew Bunn, Harvard Kennedy School

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