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Education June 4, 2024

School boards, long locally focused and nonpartisan, get dragged into the national political culture wars

by Kathleen Knight Abowitz, Miami University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In more than 90% of U.S. public school districts, school board elections are nonpartisan…

Opinion June 3, 2024

Bookman: Absurd claims like imagined plot to kill Trump would be big if true

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 30, 2024 When FBI agents converged on Mar-a-Lago in August of 2022, they…

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Psychology May 29, 2024

What QAnon supporters, butthole sunners and New Age spiritualists have in common

by Christopher T. Conner, University of Missouri-Columbia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, former NBA player Royce…

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Elections May 26, 2024

Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 23, 2024 This report was updated at 12:30 p.m. May 23 to include…

Justice May 23, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court justice appointed by governor wins election to full term – a common occurrence in some states where voters are supposed to pick their judges

by Bryna Godar, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harry Isaiah Black, University of Wisconsin-Madison, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] A Georgia Supreme Court incumbent has successfully…

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Georgia May 23, 2024

Trump advisor, former senator headed to GOP runoff in June

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 21, 2024 Brian Jack, who was an advisor to former president Donald Trump,…

Opinion May 17, 2024

Bookman: Why can governors appoint justices based on their ideology, but voters can’t?

by Jay Bookman, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] May 16, 2024 In his campaign for a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court,…

U.S. Congress May 16, 2024

Term limits aren’t the answer

by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] There’s no denying that the current Congress has been one of the most chaotic…

Elections May 15, 2024

Cobb County school board Post 1 candidate Q&A: Scamihorn and Benson

By Rebecca Gaunt Republican Randy Scamihorn, the current board chair, is aiming for a fourth term on the Cobb County Board of Education, but will first have to face Democratic…

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Health Care May 13, 2024

How cannabis and psilocybin might help some of the 50 million Americans who are experiencing chronic pain

by Kevin F. Boehnke, University of Michigan, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency announced in late April 2024 that it plans…

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