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Some politicians who share harmful information are rewarded with more clicks, study finds
What happens when politicians post false or toxic messages online? My team and I found…
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I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my home − here’s how rural towns and counties in North Carolina and beyond cooperate to rebuild
Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A new report…
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A warning for Democrats from the Gilded Age and the 1896 election
More than five months after President Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, Democrats are still trying…
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A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administration
In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by…
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Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since…
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‘I never issued a criminal contempt citation in 19 ½ years on the bench’ – a former federal judge looks at the ‘relentless bad behavior’ of the Trump administration in court
Legal battles between the Trump administration and advocates for deportees flown to prison in El…
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Crime is nonpartisan and the blame game on crime in cities is wrong – on both sides
Following George Floyd’s death at the hands of police in Minneapolis in 2020, the U.S.…
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Why deregulating online platforms is actually bad for free speech
One of the first executive orders that President Trump signed after his inauguration on Jan.…
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Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
A battle between the Trump administration and federal courts over the deportation of more than…
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Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape
Sen. Cory Booker’s record-breaking, 25-hour Senate floor speech, which began on March 31, 2025, and…