American troops may be used inside the country, but it is an extraordinary exercise of authority to deploy them domestically,…
When American readers follow local news, it can help reduce political polarization and also make them more likely to vote…
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history. George Orwell − who wrote, ‘Who controls the past controls…
As President Trump sends National Guard troops to Los Angeles, a military historian explains why crowd control is one of…
What is the difference between a hate crime and an act of terrorism?
Does Donald Trump have the power to suspend a foundational legal right to challenge a person’s arrest and detention? Americans…
Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a…
Foreign terrorism accounts for a miniscule portion of violence in the United States.
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ −…
Candidates to be the next mayor of Detroit want to help build back neighborhoods. A real estate policy expert has some ideas.
Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support…
The Trump administration’s crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring…
The Trump administration isn’t resorting to official censorship. Instead, it’s using less blatant – and more effective…
An upcoming protest in Washington on June 6 isn’t the first time veterans have protested their treatment by the US government.…
Attracting immigrants is key to growing and maintaining a more resilient economy in former industrial cities like Detroit.
History shows that building the trust of immigrants is an effective tactic in combating local crime and making entire communities…
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the…
As the fate of US cultural exchange programs is debated, one foreign policy historian recounts how such programs have made…
There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local…
A campaign hat and a partisan speech are unusual in a military setting in the United States.