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Crime & Public Safety June 19, 2025

Violent extremists like the Minnesota shooter are not lone wolves

by Alex Hinton, Rutgers University – Newark, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] After a two-day manhunt, Minnesota authorities arrested and charged 57-year-old Vance Boelter on…

International June 17, 2025

Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may have handed him the upper hand in future talks

by Linggong Kong, Auburn University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi…

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Government & Politics June 17, 2025

House tax-and-spending bill and other Trump administration changes could make millions of people lose their health insurance coverage

by Simon F. Haeder, Texas A&M University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump has promised not to cut Medicaid many times over the…

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Government & Politics June 17, 2025

Millions rally against authoritarianism, while the White House portrays protests as threats – a political scientist explains

by Jeremy Pressman, University of Connecticut, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] At the end of a week when President Donald Trump sent Marines and the…

Government & Politics June 16, 2025

Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy

by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, quickly decried the treatment…

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Immigration June 12, 2025

Sanctuary cities can’t protect people from ICE immigration raids − but they don’t actually violate federal law

by Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien, San Diego State University and Loren Collingwood, University of New Mexico, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Trump administration plans to…

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Health & Wellness June 11, 2025

Is methylene blue really a brain booster? A pharmacologist explains the science

by Lorne J. Hofseth, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The internet is abuzz with tributes to a liquid chemical called methylene…

Justice June 11, 2025

Trump orders Marines to Los Angeles as protests escalate over immigration raids, demonstrating the president’s power to deploy troops on US soil

by William C. Banks, Syracuse University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump ordered a contingent of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on…

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Education June 10, 2025

How school choice policies evolved from supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class families

by Kendall Deas, University of South Carolina, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] School voucher programs that allow families to use public funds to pay tuition…

Media June 10, 2025

Americans still have faith in local news − but few are willing to pay for it

by Jennifer Hoewe, Purdue University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Many Americans say they have lost trust in national news – but most still believe…

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