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National Security March 31, 2025

How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains

by Dakota Rudesill, The Ohio State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on March 27, 2025, ordered top Trump administration…

Environment March 28, 2025

Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security

by Bradley J. Cardinale, Penn State; Emmett Duffy, Smithsonian Institution, and Rod Schoonover, Georgetown University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] When the natural environment is…

Justice March 23, 2025

Trump’s defiance of a federal court order fuels a constitutional crisis − a legal scholar unpacks the complicated case

by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act on March 15,…

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History March 23, 2025

Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation

by Lightning Jay, Binghamton University, State University of New York, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Can you tell fact from fiction online? In a digital…

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Immigration March 19, 2025

Beatings, overcrowding and food deprivation: US deportees face distressing human rights conditions in El Salvador’s mega-prison

by Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College and Sarah C. Bishop, Baruch College, CUNY, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer…

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Health Care March 19, 2025

A brief history of Medicaid and America’s long struggle to establish a health care safety net

by Ben Zdencanovic, University of California, Los Angeles, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Medicaid system has emerged as an early target of the Trump…

International March 18, 2025

What is the rules-based order? How this global system has shifted from ‘liberal’ origins − and where it could be heading next

by Andrew Latham, Macalester College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The phrase “international rules-based order” has long been a fixture in global politics. Western leaders…

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Politics March 17, 2025

Why was it hard for the GOP – which controls Congress – to pass its spending bill?

by Charlie Hunt, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Facing a threat of imminent government shutdown, nine Democrats joined GOP Senate colleagues to…

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