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Graphic of wildfire flames spreading through trees

Environment January 23, 2025

Human use of fire has produced an era of uncontrolled burning: Welcome to the Pyrocene

by Stephen Pyne, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Los Angeles is burning, but it isn’t alone. In recent years, fires have blasted…

The word "immigration" wrapped around the upper part of a world globe while walking people are on the lower part

Immigration January 22, 2025

Trump executive order attacks long-standing American principle of birthright citizenship

by Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College and Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] One of President Donald…

Justice January 22, 2025

Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

by John E. Jones III, Dickinson College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly…

National January 22, 2025

How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends

by Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Think Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029?…

Austell January 22, 2025

Incorporation of Austell Georgia — September 1885

This is an evergreen article we republish occasionally, often expanded with added material. It began as part of a series called Cobb County history through documents The article reprints the…

National January 21, 2025

Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and can be undone by the courts

by Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Before his inauguration, Donald Trump promised to issue a total of 100 or so executive…

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Kennesaw January 19, 2025

Trains, Trains, Trains returns to Kennesaw’s Southern Museum

Photo courtesy of the City of Kennesaw By Mark Woolsey What’s old is new again at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History in downtown Kennesaw. This facet…

graphic diagram of a hurricane showing swirling water above and heat below

Climate January 17, 2025

Insurance for natural disasters is failing homeowners − I don’t have the answers, but I do know the right questions to ask

by Jay Feinman, Rutgers University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The wildfires that have devastated large parts of Los Angeles County have drawn fresh attention…

National January 15, 2025

Secretary of defense must perform a ‘delicate dance’ between the president, Congress and the public

by Evelyn Farkas, Arizona State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Senate confirmation hearings are slated to begin on Jan. 14, 2025, for Pete Hegseth,…

Environment January 15, 2025

How the EPA administrator protects public health, air, water and the environment

by Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] From the time you get up in the morning until you go to bed…

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