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 California5 hours ago
Can kids go to prison? A legal expert explains how young people can be tried and sentenced as adults -- Jay Blitzman, Northeastern University3 days ago
US indictment of Raúl Castro comes amid a long history of American aggression against Cuba -- Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst5 hours ago
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 University3 days ago
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 Amherst3 days ago
Democrats don't get why they've lost most working class voters -- Nicholas Jacobs, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies9 days ago
How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution -- Christopher Magra, University of Tennessee9 days ago
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 University13 days ago
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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 College5 hours ago
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 University1 month ago
TMZ descends on Washington in a test of whether tabloid tactics can serve the public interest -- Angelica Kalika, University of Colorado Boulder9 days ago
Supreme Court's 'shadow docket' brings hasty decisions with long-lasting implications, outside of its usual careful deliberation -- Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University1 month ago
Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of jury selection -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College1 month ago
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 Orleans1 month ago
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 University2 months ago
Ted Turner didn't just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our world -- Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine28 days ago
Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay -- Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston and Jordan Ragusa, College of Charleston30 days ago
Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights -- Robert D. Bland, University of Tennessee9 days ago
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 University9 days ago
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution's meaning even as they lay dying -- Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University27 days ago
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 College28 days ago
How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers -- Michael Helbing, Penn State5 hours ago
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 Bay5 hours ago
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 Technology3 days ago
From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line -- Michael Gregory, Clemson University5 days ago
Tony Carruthers recently survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest man to endure a failed execution -- Austin Sarat, Amherst College4 days ago
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 Sciences19 hours ago
