Tag: John F Kennedy
Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in...
William M. LeoGrande, American University School of Public Affairs
A boat carrying 10 heavily armed men entered Cuban territorial...
What are false flag attacks – and did Russia stage any...
Scott Radnitz, University of Washington
The Russian assault on Ukraine, which began in the early hours of Feb. 24,...
What does the vice president do?
Joshua Holzer, Westminster College
On Jan. 20, Kamala Harris will become vice president of the United States – the first woman, the first person of...
A brief history of presidents disclosing – or trying to hide...
David E. Clementson, University of Georgia
President Donald Trump went directly to the public and announced via Twitter early on Oct. 2 that “Tonight, @FLOTUS...
If Trump refuses to accept defeat in November, the republic will...
Alexander Cohen, Clarkson University
During the 2016 presidential campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump refused to promise to accept the results of the election. Likewise, in 2020,...
Jimmy Hoffa disappeared – and then his legacy took on a...
David Scott Witwer, Pennsylvania State University
On July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, the former president of the Teamsters Union, disappeared.
He’d gone to a restaurant in...
Nominating a crony, loyalist or old buddy for attorney general is...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
With President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate former Attorney General William P. Barr to fill the position again, Trump...
Can withering public trust in government be traced back to the...
Ryan Kellus Turner, St. Edward's University
The recent release of the JFK files led to a surge of media coverage about the Kennedy assassination and...
EXPLORING NATURE
Nanoparticles and artificial intelligence can help researchers detect pollutants in water,...
Andres B. Sanchez Alvarado, Rice University
Across the U.S., hundreds of sites on land or in lakes and rivers...
