Tyrannical leader? Why comparisons between Trump and King George III miss the mark on 18th-century British monarchy - Carla Gardina Pestana, University of California, Los Angeles

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Trump's defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case -- Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

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How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters -- Kayla Schwoerer, University at Albany, State University of New York

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The US energy market has its troubles, though it may not be a 'national emergency' -- Seth Blumsack, Penn State

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What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger -- Verónica Zubillaga, University of Illinois Chicago and Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida

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8 months 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

1 month 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

13 days ago

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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Deportation fears create ripple effects for immigrants and their communities -- Kristina Fullerton Rico, University of Michigan

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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

21 days ago

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

26 days 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

19 days ago

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

25 days ago

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

1 month 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

1 month 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

2 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

3 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

4 months ago

Many wealthy members of Congress are descendants of rich slaveholders − new study demonstrates the enduring legacy of slavery -- Neil K R Sehgal, University of Pennsylvania and Ashwini Sehgal, Case Western Reserve University

5 months 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

26 days ago

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

27 days 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

1 month ago

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

1 month 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

19 days 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

25 days 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

1 month ago

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

26 days ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

1 month ago

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

19 days 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

22 days 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

25 days 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

26 days ago

US isn't first country to dismantle its foreign aid office − here's what happened after the UK killed its version of USAID -- Sarah Stroup, Middlebury

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Trump orders a plan to close Education Department – an anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons why Trump and his supporters want to eliminate it -- Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

4 days ago

Ukraine will need major rebuilding when war ends − here's why the US isn't likely to invest in its recovery with a new Marshall Plan -- Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution

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Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador's mega-prison -- Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College and Sarah C. Bishop, Baruch College, CUNY

7 days ago

5 REASONS VETERANS ARE ESPECIALLY HARD-HIT BY FEDERAL CUTS -- Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst

15 days ago

Trump's firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks -- Samuel C. Mahaney, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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