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Trump’s Epstein problem is real: New poll shows many in his base disapprove of his handling of the files, and some supporters are having second though...
The MAGA base is not happy. Trump’s handling of the Epstein controversy has done significant damage to his standing, particularly among his core suppo...
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A Detroit street is named in honor of Vincent Chin – his death mobilized Asian American activists nationwide
In 1982, the brutal beating and death of Vincent Chin near a Detroit nightclub enraged the Asian American community and led to changes in the legal sy...
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Tit-for-tat gerrymandering wars won’t end soon – what happens in Texas and California doesn’t stay there
Gerrymandering has existed since the United States’ earliest days, but now technology and political trends are supercharging it.
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‘These people do it naturally’: President Trump’s views on immigrant farmworkers reflect a long history of how farming has been idealized and practice...
Historically, farm work in the United States has been carefully constructed to appear natural, including the racism and labor exploitation that charac...
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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George ...
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In a closely divided Congress, aging lawmakers are a problem for Democrats
The last eight members of Congress who died in office were Democrats. A younger generation of office seekers has raised their opponent’s age as a sign...
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Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take action...
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Data-driven early intervention strategies could revolutionize Philly’s approach to crime prevention
Juvenile incarceration creates worse outcomes for young people and costs more than community-based treatment. So why does Philadelphia spend so much o...
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Trump-Putin summit: Veteran diplomat explains why putting peace deal before ceasefire wouldn’t end Ukraine War
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump in the aftermath of an inconclusive summit just days before. A veteran diploma...
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Afghans in US face uncertainty after the cancellation of their humanitarian relief
Afghans who have lost US work permits and protections from deportation fear persecution by the Taliban if they return to Afghanistan.
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Sanctuary cities in the US were born in the 1980s as Central American refugees fled civil wars
The Sanctuary Movement emerged amid a restrictive US asylum process and as the Reagan administration refused to acknowledge the extent of human rights...
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Why rural Coloradans feel ignored − a resentment as old as America itself
Colorado’s governor declared a no-eating-meat day that sparked outrage in the state’s rural communities.
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‘It’s a complicated time to be a white Southerner’ − and their views on race reflect that
How do white Southerners think about their racial status in a world that is scrutinizing white advantages? Researchers found people across the politic...
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Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare
Harvard University is the latest school that is nearing an expensive settlement with the Trump administration. The different deals are complex, but sh...
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4 out of 5 US troops surveyed understand the duty to disobey illegal orders
As National Guard troops head to the streets of Washington, and likely civilian encounters, a new survey reveals service members’ understanding of the...
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The new NextGen Acela trains promise faster travel and more seats – but arrive as US rail faces an uncertain future
The French-designed, American-manufactured NextGen arrives years late and in a moment when federally sponsored trains are fighting for their lives.
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4 laws that could stymie the Trump EPA’s plan to rescind the endangerment finding
The 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health underpins many U.S. climate policies. A new report meant to challenge it may run afoul o...
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San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are arresting more homeless people for living on the streets
More than one year after the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass v. Johnson ruling, a geographer who researches homelessness finds that the ruling is leading ...
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This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven
A former US ambassador and career diplomat says that history indicates that the possibilities for a lasting peace coming out of the Trump-Putin summit...
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Trump administration cuts to terrorism prevention departments could leave Americans exposed
The elimination of offices within Homeland Security and the State Department may force US counterterrorism efforts to rely on a solely military approa...
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3 reasons Republicans’ redistricting power grab might backfire
The attempt by Texas Republicans to gerrymander more GOP legislative districts could backfire and deliver the party dummymandered districts. A politic...
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Elon Musk’s plans for a new political party will likely be derailed by a US political system hostile to new voices
The Republican and Democratic parties are united in protecting their chokehold on American politics, despite the view by America’s founders that parti...
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Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from Ea...
US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid responsibility fo...
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Understanding key terms swirling around Alligator Alcatraz and immigration enforcement in the US
The language around immigration in the US is almost as complicated as the system itself.
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The case that saved the press – and why Trump wants it gone
A landmark 1964 Supreme Court ruling protects the press in lawsuits by public officials angry about how they’ve been covered. It’s being targeted by P...
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Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia
Researchers have discovered a second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Chester County, Pa.
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Roman Empire and the fall of Nero offer possible lessons for Trump about the cost of self-isolation
Nero, Rome’s emperor from 54 to 68 C.E., rose to power at a young age and remained focused on himself, letting the needs of citizens fall to the waysi...
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More than 50% of Detroit students regularly miss class – and schools alone can’t solve the problem
Detroit has one of the highest chronic absenteeism rates in the nation, which can have devastating effects on student success.
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Unpacking Florida’s immigration trends − demographers take a closer look at the legal and undocumented population
Florida has the third-largest population of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, but that population has been steadily shrinking since 2018.
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When socialists win Democratic primaries: Will Zohran Mamdani be haunted by the Upton Sinclair effect?
After Sinclair won the California Democratic primary in 1934, business and media elites helped derail his bid for the governorship.
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Due process: What it means in US law and its implications for migrant rights
The meaning and application of due process has become a crucial issue in the US, most often with respect to the Trump administration’s migrant deporta...
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Deportation tactics from 4 US presidents have done little to reduce the undocumented immigrant population
After his predecessors failed to diminish the US population of undocumented immigrants, President Trump is attempting to drastically reduce that popul...
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Why do MAGA faithful support Trump if his ‘big beautiful bill’ will likely hurt many of them?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
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Immigration courts hiding the names of ICE lawyers goes against centuries of precedent and legal ethics requiring transparency in courts
Hiding ICE attorneys’ names in immigration court proceedings violates a fundamental principle that has protected Americans for centuries: open courts....
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Trump has fired the head of the Library of Congress, but the 225-year-old institution remains a ‘library for all’ – so far
Trump’s sudden dismissal of Carla Hayden, the librarian appointed by former President Barack Obama, has placed the little-known Library of Congress in...
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