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Elections January 5, 2024

Pundits: Central to democracy, or partisan spewers of opinion who destroy trust

by Mike McDevitt, University of Colorado Boulder, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Walter Lippmann, who lived from 1889 to 1974, was an early and prime…

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Elections January 4, 2024

Judge rules True the Vote’s 2020 mass voter challenges don’t amount to illegal intimidation

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 2, 2024 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Texas group’s campaign to…

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Cobb County January 1, 2024

Cobb E911 urges residents to support reclassification of emergency dispatchers

The Cobb County Department of Emergency Communications issued the following appeal to Cobb residents to support two bipartisan bills that have been submitted in the U.S. House and Senate, HR…

Cobb County December 31, 2023

An interactive graph shows changes over the decades in the number of Cobb residents who receive SNAP benefits

[This is one of a series presenting statistics about Cobb County, taken from publicly available data sources. We aim to use charts to make the data easy to understand.] Below…

Economy December 28, 2023

Economic lookahead: As we ring in 2024, can the US economy continue to avoid a recession?

by D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University and Brandy Hadley, Appalachian State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] With economic forecasters rewriting their 2024 outlooks…

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Education December 21, 2023

What do universities owe their big donors? Less than you might think, explain 2 nonprofit law experts

by Ellen P. Aprill, Loyola Law School Los Angeles and Jill Horwitz, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission Exchanging gifts with…

Justice December 21, 2023

Trump claims Constitution gives him immunity − here’s why judges and the Supreme Court may not agree

by Stefanie Lindquist, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission Former President Donald Trump has claimed he is immune from prosecution – specifically on…

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History December 20, 2023

Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] If people know the name Joel Roberts Poinsett today, it is likely because of…

International December 20, 2023

Guatemala’s anti-corruption leader-to-be could be prevented from taking office, deepening migration concerns for US

by Bonar Hernández Sandoval, Iowa State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Guatemala is in the midst of a democratic crisis so severe that it…

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Health Care December 20, 2023

Georgia plans ‘strategic surge’ to check Medicaid eligibility after 150k children lose coverage

by Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] December 20, 2023 Georgia will boost spending to get state workers help with handling…

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