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Opinion September 11, 2023

How Terrorists Could Impact The 2024 Election, Part Two

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College In my 9/11 column, I wrote about a lesser-known subject in terrorism: the ability of it to affect elections in…

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Cobb County September 10, 2023

Cobb County DUI court celebrates 15 years of helping offenders in recovery

September is National Recovery Month, so it’s fitting that Cobb County’s DUI Court will celebrate its fifteenth year of operation next week. The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September…

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Health Care September 7, 2023

Workers Pay the Price While Congress and Employers Debate Need for Heat Regulations

This article by Amy Maxmen first appeared in KFF Health News, republished with permission. Amy Maxmen September 5, 2023 Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker…

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Democracy August 25, 2023

Americans are worried about democracy. You wouldn’t know it from the GOP debate.

by Zachary Roth, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 24, 2023 There’s a growing feeling, among both experts and ordinary Americans, that…

Crime August 3, 2023

The most serious Trump indictment yet – a criminal law scholar explains the charges of using ‘dishonesty, fraud and deceit’ to cling to power

by Gabriel J. Chin, University of California, Davis, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Justice Department announced its second federal indictment of former president Donald…

U.S. Congress July 29, 2023

Biden border policies ripped by U.S. House GOP as impeachment threats ramp up

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on…

International July 19, 2023

China needs immigrants

by Dudley L. Poston Jr., Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] China is entering a severe demographic crisis. For several centuries, the Asian…

Labor June 27, 2023

States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce

by John A. Fliter, Kansas State University and Betsy Wood, Bard College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A movement to weaken American child labor protections…

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Georgia June 19, 2023

With eye on 2024, Georgia GOP gears up to recruit minority voters to bigger tent

by Aaleah McConnell, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] June 16, 2023 COLUMBUS – As the 2024 election approaches, Georgia conservatives are concerned…

Labor June 12, 2023

The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind

by Beth Saunders, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Special Collections, where I am…

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