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Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society

  • Written by Kevin A. Young, Associate Professor of History, UMass Amherst
imageBlack demonstrators walk to work during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., in February 1956. Don Cravens/Getty Images

Signed into law 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion, or national origin.”

Yet, as a historian who studies social movements and political...

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Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence

  • Written by Matthew Hall, Professor of Constitutional Studies, Political Science and Law, University of Notre Dame
imagePeople on June 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C., protest the Supreme Court overturning the federal right to an abortion. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Americans are gearing up to celebrate the Fourth of July, and their thoughts are most likely on how many hot dogs to buy for the cookout and whether a family member needs to go stake out a good spot to...

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US’s terrorist listing of European far-right group signals fears of rising threat − both abroad and at home

  • Written by Jason M. Blazakis, Professor of Practice and Director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury
imageMembers of the far-right group Nordic Resistance Movement march in Helsinki on Dec. 6, 2017, during centennial festivities of Finnish independence.Markku Ulander/AFP/Getty Images

The rise of the radical far right in Europe poses a threat not only to thecontinent but also to Americans at home and abroad.

But while the U.S. government tends to be quick...

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Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies

  • Written by Kevin J. McMahon, Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
imageA man reads the Chicago Tribune announcing President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision not to run for reelection in 1968. Corbis/Getty Images

After President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the June 27, 2024, debate, many Democrats have raced to ring the alarm bell, proclaiming that it’s time for him to step aside, time to let someone...

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Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’

  • Written by Clare Pastore, Professor of the Practice of Law, University of Southern California
imageHousing activists demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on April 22, 2024.Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not prohibit cities from criminalizing sleeping outdoors.

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson began when a small city in Oregon with just one...

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How camping bans − like the one the Supreme Court just upheld − can fit into ‘hostile design’: Strategies to push out homeless people

  • Written by Robert Rosenberger, Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageActivists protest outside the Supreme Court before arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson on April 22, 2024, in Washington, D.C.Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

If you have no shelter and are arrested for sleeping outside, are you being punished for something you did – or for being homeless?

On June 28, 2024, the U.S. Supreme...

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Supreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters

  • Written by Riley T. Keenan, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageThe Supreme Court faced a decision in a case involving participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.AP Photo/John Minchillo, File

The indictments – and in some cases, the convictions – of hundreds of people charged with participating in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will have to be reconsidered, and possibly...

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ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q A with a medical researcher about systemic failures

  • Written by Cara R. Muñoz Buchanan, Physician and Clinical Fellow in Health Policy and Social Emergency Medicine, Harvard Kennedy School
imageThe ICE Health Service Corps suffers from outdated systems and a lack of translation services, despite a federal mandate to provide them.ICE Health Service Corps

The 2024 Homeland Security appropriations bill increased funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations to handle an anticipated daily detainee population of 41,500, up...

Read more: ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q A with a medical researcher about systemic failures

Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low

  • Written by Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
imageSupport for science has traditionally been bipartisan, but fights over spending have affected research funding.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Government funding for science is usually immune from political gridlock and polarization in Congress. But, federal funding for science is slated to drop for 2025.

Science research dollars are considered to be...

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ChatGPT and the movie ‘Her’ are just the latest example of the ‘sci-fi feedback loop’

  • Written by Rizwan Virk, Faculty Associate, PhD Candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Arizona State University
imageChatGPT-4o and the films 'Her' and 'Blade Runner 2049' all pull from one another as they develop the concept of a virtual assistant.Warner Bros.

In May 2024, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman sparked a firestorm by referencing the 2013 movie “Her” to highlight the novelty of the latest iteration of ChatGPT.

Within days, actor Scarlett Johansson,...

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