Russia is trying to force Ukrainian children to become Russian, with reeducation, forcible transfers and campsThom Reilly, Arizona State University
White parents who tell their kids that race doesn’t matter are ignoring the long shadow of racismJames M. Thomas, University of Mississippi
Fauci’s COVID-origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weaponsArt Jipson, University of Dayton
How an 1876 massacre of Black men in South Carolina turned racial terror into political powerJacob Ware, Georgetown University
58 years of attacks on the media by powerful leaders trying to deflect criticism, from Nixon to TrumpHeather Hendershot, Northwestern University
Mail-in voting: Trump administration appeals to Supreme Court to revive executive order setting limits, rejected by lower courtsJohn E. Jones III, Dickinson College
How the Trump administration’s rhetoric promotes anti-transgender viewsJulie D. Nelson, University of Tampa
Air Force One is more than transportation – it has defined how presidents run the country and meet the worldPeter Kastor, Washington University in St. Louis
Texas prosecutors are calling a teenage shooting spree ‘terrorism’ – the case could reshape American criminal lawArt Jipson, University of Dayton
Mail ballot mirages aren’t fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn’t a complete mythAndrew E. Busch, University of Tennessee
Trump administration’s Freedom 250 organization allegedly misdirected donors away from bipartisan America250 charitySarah Webber, University of Dayton
Featuring Trump on US coins and bills would put America in rare companyJacques Hymans, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences; University of Southern California
Public opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. WadeLaurel Elder, Hartwick College; Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University, and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Why ‘democratic neutrality’ is an overlooked threat to American democracyMatthew Hall, University of Notre Dame; Brittany Solomon, University of Notre Dame, and Tyler Leigh, University of Notre Dame
Republicans have beef with Texas Rep. James Talarico – why does meat matter in US politics?S. Marek Muller, Texas State University and David Rooney, University of Wyoming
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal?Austin Sarat, Amherst College
When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?Aaron Walayat, University of Dayton
Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equalityAustin Sarat, Amherst College
Military voters were at the heart of the Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot decisionJamie Rowen, UMass Amherst
After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a degree of depravity in mankind’Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina
As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over divisionTatishe Nteta, UMass Amherst and Adam Eichen, UMass Amherst
As the US turns 250, a forgotten founding influence helps explain its current uneaseRobert A. Ballingall, University of Maine
I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years laterRobert Parkinson, Binghamton University, State University of New York
How new SNAP restrictions could hit Greater Pittsburgh’s food access and economyAmelia B. Finaret, Allegheny College
Florida’s proposed property tax amendment will require trade-offs – and some residents could end up with higher costsAbigail Hall, University of Tampa
Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoodsJordan Hyatt, Drexel University; C. Clare Strange; Nathan Link, Rutgers University, and Brian Lawton, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Most Americans support conservation – here’s how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board tooMike Shriberg, University of Michigan
Fauci’s COVID-origins hearing shows how conspiracy theories became political weaponsArt Jipson, University of Dayton
