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International April 3, 2025

Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion

by Colin Flint, Utah State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Is China intent on a D-Day style invasion of Taiwan? Certainly that has been…

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Opinion March 14, 2025

20 Years Ago, The Assault Weapons Ban Lapsed. Here’s Why We Need It Back.

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Almost 25 years ago, an Atlanta day-trader beat his second wife and kids to death, then shot to death nine…

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History March 11, 2025

The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate

by Alex Green, Harvard Kennedy School, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As promised, the second Trump administration has quickly rolled out a slew of policies…

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Health Care February 24, 2025

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

by Jordan Miller, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to…

Climate February 20, 2025

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract

by Paul Bierman, University of Vermont, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Since Donald Trump regained the presidency, he has coveted Greenland. Trump has insisted that…

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National February 10, 2025

Efficiency − or empire? How Elon Musk’s hostile takeover could end government as we know it

by Allison Stanger, Middlebury, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Elon Musk’s role as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, also known as DOGE,…

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Education February 5, 2025

Building the future of STEM research: High-speed networking and data infrastructure at Kennesaw State

[The following article by Alyssa Ozment first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission; the photo above is by Darnell Wilburn] Scientific discovery increasingly depends on the…

Science and Technology January 30, 2025

Fake papers are contaminating the world’s scientific literature, fueling a corrupt industry and slowing legitimate lifesaving medical research

by Frederik Joelving, Retraction Watch; Cyril Labbé, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), and Guillaume Cabanac, Institut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with…

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Immigration January 29, 2025

Federal threats against local officials who don’t cooperate with immigration orders could be unconstitutional − Justice Antonin Scalia ruled against similar plans

by Claire B. Wofford, College of Charleston, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump has begun to radically change how the U.S. government handles…

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Energy January 23, 2025

How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue

by Joe Árvai, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to…

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Pets and Pet Adoption December 17, 2025

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