Tag: Missouri
The problem with Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center isn’t the...
Joanna Dee Das, Washington University in St. Louis
When President Donald Trump announced that he was assuming control of...
US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
Jonathan P. Stewart, University of California, Los Angeles and Lucy Arendt, St. Norbert College
Earthquakes and the damage they...
‘Stand your ground’ laws empower armed citizens to defend property with...
Caroline Light, Harvard University
In one key respect, Ralph Yarl was fortunate. The wounds the 16-year-old suffered after being...
Librarians could be jailed and fined under a proposed censorship law
Nicole Cooke, University of South Carolina
A bill pending in Missouri’s legislature takes aim at libraries and librarians who are making “age-inappropriate sexual material” available...
College-educated cops enforce the law more aggressively
Richard Wright, Georgia State University; Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Thaddeus L. Johnson, Georgia State University
In the wake of controversial and widely...
Missouri’s dark money scandal, explained
Ciara C Torres-Spelliscy, Stetson University
Eric Greitens has resigned, finally. The former Missouri governor’s sex scandal didn’t force him to step down, but rather...
EXPLORING NATURE
‘Space tornadoes’ could cause geomagnetic storms – but these phenomena, spun...
Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, University of Michigan and Ward B. (Chip) Manchester, University of Michigan
Weather forecasting is a powerful tool....
