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What happens to national security and foreign relations if the president is incapacitated?

  • Written by Gordon Adams, Professor Emeritus, American University School of International Service
imageIf there's a question about who is in charge, the government isn't totally rudderless.AP Photo/Evan Vucci

If President Donald Trump is too sick to perform his duties, it’s not clear what might happen to the country’s national security and foreign relations. That’s a concern because crises like a terrorist attack or the outbreak of...

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2020 Nobel Prize in physics awarded for work on black holes – an astrophysicist explains the trailblazing discoveries

  • Written by Gaurav Khanna, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
imageA black hole is an object so compact that nothing can escape its gravitational pull, not even light. They are formed when stars die and start collapsing under their own weight. Deep inside the black hole resides an infinitely hot and dense object, a so-called, singularity. Science Photo Library - MARK GARLICK/Getty Images

Black holes are perhaps...

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Trump's decade-old audit illustrates why the IRS targets the working poor as much as the rich

  • Written by Hayes Holderness, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Richmond
imageTrump has tried to keep his taxes in the dark for years. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The New York Times’ exclusive on President Donald Trump’s taxes contains a lot of startling new findings.

A few noteworthy examples: He paid only US$750 in federal income tax in 2016 and 2017 – and nothing at all in 10 of the previous 15 years; he took...

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Migrant caravans restart as pandemic deepens the humanitarian crisis at the US-Mexico border

  • Written by Katrina Burgess, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
imageThe pandemic and anti-immigration policies haven't stopped migration from Central America – they've just made conditions at the border more hazardous. Herika Martinez/AFP via Getty Images

Members of a U.S.-bound migrant caravan from Honduras have been detained in Guatemala and deported before they could reach Mexico. Though their journey was...

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If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump's health care order is not enough to replace it

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
imageThe Supreme Court will face another challenge to the Affordable Care Act that is more likely to succeed with the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

The battle over the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has refocused American attention on the future of the Affordable Care Act. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear...

Read more: If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump's health care order is not enough...

The 2020 elections will determine which voices dominate public land debates

  • Written by James R. Skillen, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Calvin University
imageUtah's Cottonwood Canyon is a popular hiking destination on federal land.BLM

Presidential elections are anxious times for federal land agencies and the people they serve. The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service manage more than a quarter of the nation’s land, which means...

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Regal Cinemas' decision to close its theaters is the latest blow to a film industry on life support

  • Written by Matthew Jordan, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University
imageMost people are avoiding movie theaters, even as restrictions have eased.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

A film industry in free fall just suffered its latest blow.

Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, announced that it would suspend operations at all of its locations in the U.S. and U.K. as crowded theaters continue to be seen as petri dishes for a...

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VP debates are often forgettable – but Dan Quayle never recovered from his 1988 debate mistake

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
imageTexas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, left, had something to celebrate after the 1988 vice presidential debate. Quayle not so much.Bettmann via Getty

If you think that vice presidential debates – like the one on Oct. 7 between Vice President Mike Pence and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris – have no political impact, I have two words for you: Dan Quayle.

Afte...

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Why friendships are falling apart over politics

  • Written by Melanie Green, Associate Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageSomething about our current moment seems to have put a particular strain on our personal relationships.Alex Edelman/AFP via Getty Images

Former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were on opposite sides of the political spectrum. Yet despite their obvious legal disagreements, the liberal Ginsburg once described herself and...

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Paid internships elusive for women and Asian college students

  • Written by John Zilvinskis, Assistant Professor , Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageResearchers examined the quality of students' internship experience.Juanmonino/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Women and Asian students are significantly less likely than their counterparts who identify as men or white to receive payment during internships. This finding is...

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  6. A researcher reflects on progress fighting hepatitis C – and a path forward
  7. Why is it so hard for atheists to get voted in to Congress?
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  10. Shrinking glaciers have created a new normal for Greenland's ice sheet – consistent ice loss for the foreseeable future
  11. A proposed mine threatens Minnesota's Boundary Waters, the most popular wilderness in the US
  12. Women risk losing decades of workplace progress due to COVID-19 – here's how companies can prevent that
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  14. Remote learning isn't new: Radio instruction in the 1937 polio epidemic
  15. Trump and Biden ads on Facebook and Instagram focus on rallying the base
  16. Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis: What lies ahead could include a constitutional crisis over succession
  17. Trump is taking the latest in COVID-19 treatments – here's what doctors know works against the virus
  18. A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide – health problems
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  20. What is COVAX and why does it matter for getting vaccines to developing nations?
  21. In 'The Good Lord Bird,' a new version of John Brown rides in at a crucial moment in US history
  22. Cutting the debate mic won't stop Trump from short-circuiting the democratic process
  23. California wildfires pass 4 million acres burned, doubling previous record – that's a lot of toxic smoke
  24. Evolution on the smallest of scales smooths out the patchwork patterns of where plants and animals live
  25. In the midst of deep grief, a scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her how to let go
  26. In the midst of deep grief, a scholar writes how Hindu rituals taught her to let go
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  29. How three prior pandemics triggered massive societal shifts
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  39. Trump's encouragement of GOP poll watchers echoes an old tactic of voter intimidation
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  41. Why 'namaste' has become the perfect pandemic greeting
  42. The urge to punish is not only about revenge – unfairness can unleash it, too
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  46. Trump and Biden clash in chaotic debate – experts react on the court, race and election integrity
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  48. Nobel Prizes have a diversity problem even worse than the scientific fields they honor
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