Was the Boulder attack terrorism or a hate crime? 2 experts unpack the complexities
What is the difference between a hate crime and an act of terrorism?
June 6, 2025
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Politics
Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump administration
Does Donald Trump have the power to suspend a foundational legal right to challenge a person’s arrest and detention? Americans…
June 6, 2025
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Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make t
Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a…
June 6, 2025
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Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and ter
Foreign terrorism accounts for a miniscule portion of violence in the United States.
June 5, 2025
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How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ −…
June 5, 2025
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Detroit voters have an opportunity to pick a mayor who will ease zoning, improve transit and protect
Candidates to be the next mayor of Detroit want to help build back neighborhoods. A real estate policy expert has some ideas.
June 5, 2025
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Autocrats don’t act like Hitler or Stalin anymore − instead of governing with violence, they use man
Autocrats today are polished, appear mainstream and use the media, not overt repression or violence, to gain public support…
June 3, 2025
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Reducing American antisemitism requires more than condemning opposition to Israel and targeting elit
The Trump administration’s crusade against antisemitism looks to be mainly about crippling elite universities and blurring…
June 2, 2025
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3 ways the government can silence opinions it disagrees with, without using censorship
The Trump administration isn’t resorting to official censorship. Instead, it’s using less blatant – and more effective…
June 2, 2025
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Veterans’ protests planned for D-Day latest in nearly 250 years of fighting for their benefits
An upcoming protest in Washington on June 6 isn’t the first time veterans have protested their treatment by the US government.…
May 30, 2025
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Detroit’s population grew in 2023, 2024 − a strategy to welcome immigrants helps explain the turnaro
Attracting immigrants is key to growing and maintaining a more resilient economy in former industrial cities like Detroit.
May 30, 2025
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Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have
History shows that building the trust of immigrants is an effective tactic in combating local crime and making entire communities…
May 29, 2025
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Trump’s white genocide claims about South Africa have deep roots in American history
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the…
May 29, 2025
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The hidden power of cultural exchanges in countering propaganda and fostering international goodwill
As the fate of US cultural exchange programs is debated, one foreign policy historian recounts how such programs have made…
May 28, 2025
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Trump wants to cut funding to sanctuary cities and towns – but they don’t actually violate federal l
There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local…
May 28, 2025
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Trump’s West Point speech brought partisanship to the home of the US military − 3 essential reads
A campaign hat and a partisan speech are unusual in a military setting in the United States.
May 27, 2025
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Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training
The FAA is expanding its intense air traffic controller training to universities as part of an effort to alleviate a shortage…
May 27, 2025
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Why some towns lose local news − and others don’t
Since 2005, the US has lost over one-third of its local newspapers. A scholar found out why some communities can keep their…
May 27, 2025
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Europeans are concerned that the US will withdraw support from NATO. They are right to worry − Ameri
The Trump administration has signaled that its support for NATO countries might not be absolute. This worries European observers,…
May 27, 2025
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5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the
After protests over state violence, news coverage tends to focus on negative stories that can delegitimize dissent. Over…
May 23, 2025
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