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Americans keep voting for scandal-prone candidates because they just don’t want the other party to win
Polarization and negative partisanship have lowered the standards for whom Americans are willing to support.
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How local communities are challenging Big Tech data centers’ noise, pollution and rising electricity bills
Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
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Colorado criminal cases are dismissed at a higher rate when prosecutors face heavier workloads
When prosecutors’ caseloads increase, so do dismissal rates.
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How political leaders use combat spectacles to symbolize national power and purpose
For both Roman gladiators and modern-day mixed martial arts participants, physical contests become moral dramas about sacrifice and human limits. That...
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Prediction markets are opening many new opportunities for unregulated insider trading and unethical bets – in the name of making a game out of politic...
The rapidly growing popularity of prediction markets is sparking worries about the markets’ effects on US politics, where campaign staff has bet on it...
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The world agreed to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030 – but marine protection can’t be judged by area alone
So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected on paper only.
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Trump’s US-Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the ‘indivisibility problem’
Iran has emerged with its uranium enrichment knowledge intact, its stockpile buried and fresh reason to believe that only a nuclear weapon would have ...
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This successful Arctic fishing treaty has kept Russia, China, the US and others working together for 5 years – it could be a model for future diplomac...
As sea ice melts, more of the Arctic Ocean opens up. A former ambassador explains how this treaty creates time for scientists to figure out what lives...
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Paving paradise: Dismantling the US Roadless Rule threatens to disrupt wildlife, water and peace in the last quiet places in America
The constant noise of traffic is so ubiquitous, it is barely noticeable to our ears – until we step into a roadless forest and experience true quiet.
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Who was the first transgender person?
There is evidence of people who crossed gender boundaries even in ancient civilizations, though the terms naming them have evolved over time.
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The Constitution promises an interpreter for fair trials – US courts often can’t deliver
Federal protections promise a fair trial in a language you understand, but for millions who speak lesser-known languages, courts can’t keep that promi...
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Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today
The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.
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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
The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin ...
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How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centers
Communities across the state are demanding to know how proposed data centers would affect their electric and water bills, landscapes and quality of li...
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Pepper pot stew was survival food for the poor and a path to freedom for Black women in early Philadelphia
Dina escaped from slavery and sold pepper pot stew on the streets of Philadelphia, while her enslaver tried to recapture her.
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How money exchanges between House members shape the balance of power in Congress
Campaign contributions among House members show how parties build influence, protect vulnerable members and respond to election pressures.
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Why the director of national intelligence needs more than political loyalty to do the job
The newly named director of national intelligence is a Trump political ally who has no experience in national security. A veteran of the field says it...
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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...
You know how important the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were to making the United States. But do you know about The Federalist and...
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Detroit is spending millions on gunshot detection tech – is it an effective tool in the fight against violent crime?
New research on ShotSpotter’s deployment in Detroit suggests the technology did not reduce officer response times.
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Can kids go to prison? A legal expert explains how young people can be tried and sentenced as adults
There’s a separate justice system for people under 18 because their brains are still developing. Treating them as adults can turn them into repeat off...
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US indictment of Raúl Castro comes amid a long history of American aggression against Cuba
Recent military and economic pressure on Cuba, including Trump’s threats of a ‘friendly takeover’ of the island, follow a long pattern of US hostility...
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James Comey’s Instagram seashell post sits in a murky legal zone between protected political speech and criminal threat
What’s a true threat and what’s political hyperbole? A scholar of constitutional and criminal law looks at the charges against James Comey for an Inst...
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For Black women in abusive relationships, gun-control loopholes can engender deadly disparities
Guns are what make violent partners so dangerous. And in the US, Black women get less protection from laws meant to keep firearms out of abusers’ hand...
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Tony Carruthers recently survived a lethal injection attempt – the latest man to endure a failed execution
The constitutional prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’ has shaped legal discourse around failed executions, but courts have not stopped stat...
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From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line
Authoritarian governments, including the Trump administration, are reorienting AI safety provisions away from protecting the public toward coercing su...
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Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class ...
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The more Fox News a white American watches, the more likely they are to believe in a racist conspiracy theory, regardless of party affiliation and dem...
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace nat...
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How out-of-work fishermen saved the American Revolution
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
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The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events
Public awareness campaigns around the World Cup and other sporting events are well intentioned – but not backed by research.
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Getting disability benefits got harder after the Social Security Administration’s staff was slashed and program rules were changed by Trump
Researchers learned from dozens of interviews that the usual ways of resolving complex cases, escalating issues and holding the authorities accountabl...
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Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation’s past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative
From who gets to vote to how people travel and where taxpayer dollars are funneled, politicians and urban planners wield maps to control public imagin...
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Colorado voted to end forced prison labor in 2018 – so why are incarcerated people in the state still working for less than $2 an hour?
Many jails and prisons are dependent on incarcerated labor to keep costs low.
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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
Does a seashell arrangement in the form of the numerals ‘86 47’ amount to a criminal threat to assassinate President Donald Trump, as prosecutors sugg...
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Chilling effects of Trump’s war on free speech extend far beyond campus walls – and that’s the point
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
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From the San Luis Valley to Vail, Latino labor powers every sector of Colorado’s economy
Latinos were the first Coloradans, and yet they are portrayed by the administration as intruders in an era of immigration enforcement.
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Shutting down federal bee labs threatens bees, beekeepers and the US food system
When honey bees get sick, their beekeepers turn to the nation’s premier bee research and disease diagnosis lab for help. That crucial resource is now ...
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How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden into a model of police reform
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the nationa...
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How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden, New Jersey, into a model of police reform
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the nationa...
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Detroit’s high property taxes are driving a housing affordability crisis – how can city leaders bring down costs?
Property tax reform in Detroit could boost homeownership and attract new residents and businesses.
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Cuba needs a long-term solution to its energy crisis
Short-term humanitarian aid won’t go far in alleviating Cuba’s long-term energy crisis.
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The ‘warrior ethos’ promises victory — history says it leads to defeat
Loyalty outranks expertise, and reality bends to the leader’s word. From Nazi Germany to Imperial Japan, fascist war machines collapse on the same con...
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Where will money for the ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ come from? This man has been warning of Judgment Fund abuse for years
The Judgment Fund’s likely use as a slush fund to pay Trump allies comes after more than a decade of repeated warnings by one scholar that the pot of ...
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When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise
Donald Trump’s suit against the IRS and the settlement creating a $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund to compensate his allies raise important mora...
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For the first time in a decade, the next election could be less secure than the one preceding it
The federal task force that defends US elections has been largely absent this election cycle, and the threat-sharing hub it relied on has been defunde...
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Philadelphia will celebrate Ona Judge Day to honor Martha Washington’s enslaved maid who made a daring escape to freedom
Ona Judge was 1 of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia. The city will recognize her legacy each Ma...
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Battleground state with few combatants – why Pennsylvania’s primaries lack competition
Despite Pennsylvania’s status as a fiercely contested swing state, many local and state primary races in the 2026 primaries draw little competition at...
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Hurricane forecasts have improved dramatically, saving lives, but federal cuts threaten to stretch NOAA to the breaking point
A hurricane scientist explains the technology forecasters rely on to keep people safe and help communities all along the Atlantic coast know when to e...
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Trump’s Cabinet dramatically changed American foreign policy while the president made noise – a scholar of presidential rhetoric explains
The president’s barrage of pronouncements on foreign policy mean his Cabinet members’ statements on foreign policy have become more reliable indicator...
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Why the Iran war is breaking the US-European strategic alliance
European leaders are learning they cannot rely on Washington, and that the US will act against their interests and at their economic expense.
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