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Health Care August 25, 2022

4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

By Matthew A Baum; Alauna Safarpour, and Kristin Lunz Trujillo [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to…

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Courts August 24, 2022

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago lawsuit spotlights how difficult search warrants are to challenge – by a criminal suspect or an ex-president – until charges are brought

By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Some observers say that the lawsuit filed by former President Donald Trump on…

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2022 Elections August 23, 2022

Election officials can’t access federal funding for security as violent threats mount

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] August 22, 2022 Colorado’s election officials, like so many across the country, faced a…

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Science and Technology August 17, 2022

Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change minds

By Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that…

Crime August 13, 2022

Unsealed court documents show the FBI was looking for evidence Trump violated the Espionage Act and other laws – here’s how the documents seized show possible wrongdoing

By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The FBI recovered confidential and top-secret items from Mar-a-Lago during its Aug. 8,…

Criminal Justice System August 10, 2022

Why searching an ex-president’s estate is not easily done – 4 important things to know about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

By Clark D. Cunningham, Georgia State University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The FBI’s raid of former President Donald Trump’s estate on Aug. 8, 2022,…

Criminal Justice System August 9, 2022

How the FBI knew what to search for at Mar-a-Lago – and why the Presidential Records Act is an essential tool for the National Archives and future historians

By Shannon Bow O’Brien, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The FBI search of former President…

Politics August 5, 2022

After Trump, Christian nationalist ideas are going mainstream – despite a history of violence

By Samuel Perry, Baylor University [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the run-up to the U.S. midterm elections, some politicians continue to ride the wave…

Immigration August 4, 2022

Crossing the US-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants – here’s why

Joseph Nevins, Vassar College [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The June 2022 deaths of 53 people, victims of heat stroke, in the back of a…

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2022 Elections August 4, 2022

Election officials at U.S. Senate hearing describe threats, spread of misinformation

by Kira Lerner, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder and in the States Newsroom, republished with permission]August 4, 2022 WASHINGTON — Democrats on the U.S. Senate…

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