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The president and attorney general can try to keep the findings of Mueller's investigation secret. They'll likely…
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Research shows that unrest, even terrorism, can erupt in poor countries with a surplus of young people and not enough jobs.…
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A law professor from the University of California, Hastings considers why a moratorium in California could be influential.
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If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would…
The revolution begun by Syrians exactly eight years ago has been won – by the murderous leader they rebelled against.…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant…
On the eighth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, scholar Wendy Pearlman writes about the people who risked their lives…
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
Civilian casualty counts are a powerful tool for propaganda – and for establishing peace.
Citing security concerns, the US is evacuating its embassy in Caracas, where President Maduro blames the US for a calamitous…
Governments should heed the expertise of the grassroots nonprofits that witness this scourge firsthand.