If Germany atoned for the Holocaust, the US can pay reparations for slavery
Old injustices don't simply disappear with time – they tear a nation apart.
July 31, 2019
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Politics
(July 2019)
Political polarization is about feelings, not facts
A person's political identity is wrapped up in almost everything they do. Exposure to opinions from the other side actually…
July 31, 2019
487
More Central American migrants take shelter in churches, recalling 1980s sanctuary movement
The number of migrants living in churches has spiked recently in anticipation of threatened immigration raids, but churches…
July 30, 2019
683
The rhetorical trick Trump used on the 'Squad' and how it could affect the vote
Difficult to pronounce, synecdoche is the form of rhetoric used by President Trump when he told four Democratic congresswomen…
July 30, 2019
387
How did the presidential campaign get to be so long?
While other countries set strict limits on the length of campaigns, American presidential races have become drawn-out, yearslong…
July 30, 2019
427
The difference between 'left' and 'liberal' – and why voters need to know
Democratic presidential candidates share many ideas and opinions. What they don't share, writes one historian, is the…
July 30, 2019
412
How ICE enforcement has changed under the Trump administration
Data released under FOIA shows that ICE is encountering more US citizens and more women.
July 29, 2019
362
Restricting SNAP benefits could hurt millions of Americans – and local communities
With Congress rebuffing efforts to cut benefits, the White House is trying to change the rules.
July 29, 2019
487
A Confederate statue graveyard could help bury the Old South
Where do old Confederate statues go when they die? The former Soviet bloc countries could teach the US something about dealing…
July 26, 2019
419
The Mueller hearing and the death of facts
To one scholar of the post-truth era, tuning in to Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday was to hear a duel over the…
July 24, 2019
367
Without school, a 'lost generation' of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future
An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no…
July 24, 2019
813
Is Boris Johnson, Britain's new prime minister, anti-immigrant, a homophobe, a bigot – or just polit
Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about…
July 24, 2019
465
Our database of police officers who shoot citizens reveals who's most likely to shoot
A new project looks at the race of on-duty police officers and civilians involved in 917 fatal shootings in 2015.
July 22, 2019
443
Asylum restrictions: The president can enforce the law, but can't change it
The Trump administration has once again tried to change immigration law, this time enacting severe limits on the rights…
July 22, 2019
724
Why does the US sentence people to hundreds of years in prison?
The US is unique in its criminal punishment policies – as the recent sentencing of neo-Nazi James Fields Jr. demonstrates.
July 22, 2019
368
What is at stake in the Strait of Hormuz?
A fifth of the world's oil travels through the narrow waterway.
July 19, 2019
521
Are Syrian refugees a danger to the West?
Will Syrian religious extremists migrate to the West as refugees in need – and then do harm? A team of researchers surveyed…
July 19, 2019
406
Cartel kingpin El Chapo is jailed for life, but the US-Mexico drug trade is booming
The conviction of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who evaded justice in Mexico, is a win for US officials.…
July 18, 2019
395
Why the federal government isn't prosecuting the officer who choked Eric Garner
The US legal system often gives the police the benefit of the doubt.
July 18, 2019
369
Justice Stevens, Babe Ruth and the best law clerk assignment ever
Former US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens passed away on July 16. One of his former law clerks recalls her most…
July 18, 2019
348