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Local democracy is holding strong, but rural communities are falling behind,...

Stephanie Leiser, University of Michigan According to our recent survey of officials in Michigan communities, local democracy is humming...

Authoritarian rulers aren’t new – here’s what Herodotus, an early Greek...

Debbie Felton, UMass Amherst “No Kings” rallies. “Good Trouble” protests. “Rage against the Regime” uprisings. These events in the...

Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization

Nathan Meyers, UMass Amherst Since returning to office, President Donald Trump has aggressively moved to shrink the federal government....

Protecting the American Investor by Championing Human Rights

  Protecting the American Investor by Championing Human Rights How Under Secretary of State Krach Put Wall Street on Notice by Michael Mink - January 18, 2020 Washington D.C....

The Catalyst for Stronger US-Taiwan Ties

  The Catalyst for Stronger US-Taiwan Ties How Under Secretary of State Krach Became “Taiwan’s Number One Friend” by Michael Mink On September 17th, 2020, U.S. Under Secretary...

A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service

Patty Heyda, Washington University in St Louis The U.S. Postal Service is under threat of collapse and privatization. This comes after years of federal political...

How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being...

Dennis Jett, Pennsylvania State University In every other developed democratic country, the role of ambassador, with only very rare exceptions, is given to career diplomats...

Los Angeles is far from ending homelessness – but other American...

Brenda Wiewel, University of Southern California Los Angeles became ground zero for America’s homelessness crisis after President Donald Trump visited the city on Sept. 17. “We...

EXPLORING NATURE

Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...

Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma