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Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University
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H. Sami Karaca, Boston University
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Juliette Becker, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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How the conservative Federalist Society will affect the Supreme Court for decades to come
Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Tim Komatsu, UMass Amherst
During the 2016 presidential election campaign, candidate Donald...
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Jody L. Herman, University of California, Los Angeles and Andrew Ryan Flores, American University
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Almut Winterstein, University of Florida and Sonja Rasmussen, Johns Hopkins University
A panel convened in July 2025 by the...
How to poop outdoors in a way that won’t harm the environment and other hikers
Shari Edelson, Penn State and B. Derrick Taff, Penn State
If you’re one of the 63 million Americans who...






















