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The Conversation - Politics

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

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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

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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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Democrats don't get why they've lost most working class voters -- Nicholas Jacobs, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies

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

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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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TMZ descends on Washington in a test of whether tabloid tactics can serve the public interest -- Angelica Kalika, University of Colorado Boulder

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Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' brings hasty decisions with long-lasting implications, outside of its usual careful deliberation -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac 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

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Ted Turner didn't just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our world -- Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

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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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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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From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line -- Michael Gregory, Clemson University

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

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Why the director of national intelligence needs more than political loyalty to do the job -- Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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