Tag: US history
Trump’s push for new offshore drilling is likely to run aground...
Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Trump administration’s effort to dramatically expand federal offshore oil production has reignited a battle with California that...
Can Atlanta’s new mayor revive America’s ‘black mecca’?
Maurice J. Hobson, Georgia State University
The Atlanta mayoral showdown between Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood was a political battle 30 years in the...
Should lying to the FBI be a crime?
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
On Dec. 1, Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to the charge of lying to...
Before Breitbart, there was the Charleston News and Courier
Sid Bedingfield, University of Minnesota
Conservatives who dislike Donald Trump like to blame the president and his Breitbart cheering section for the racial demagoguery they...
Does American culture shame too much – or not enough?
Peter Stearns, George Mason University
The word “shameless” is being tossed around an awful lot these days, which might speak to what many see as...
In America’s sandwiches, the story of a nation
Paul Freedman, Yale University; Andrew P. Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi; Imogene L. Lim, Vancouver Island University; Ken Albala, University of the Pacific,...
Five types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Saul Cornell, Fordham University
The Second Amendment is one of the most frequently cited provisions in the American Constitution, but also one of the most...
Five types of gun laws the Founding Fathers loved
Saul Cornell, Fordham University
The Second Amendment is one of the most frequently cited provisions in the American Constitution, but also one of the most...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
