by Gary W. Yohe, Wesleyan University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the…
by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] January 9, 2026 There will be some fresh faces under the Gold Dome when…
by Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Since the end of December, 2025, X’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has responded to many…
by Ben Jones, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Minneapolis is once again the focus of debates about violence involving law enforcement after an…
by SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor, University of Virginia, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] As the bell struck midnight on Jan. 1, 2026, time ran out on…
by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Footage of a handcuffed Nicolás Maduro being escorted to a Brooklyn detention center…
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By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College What was the scariest media event of last two years? Some might say Stephen King’s “The Long Walk” or the…
by Shelley Inglis, Rutgers University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The U.S. military operation in Venezuela and capture of President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3,…
by Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida and Verónica Zubillaga, University of Illinois Chicago, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The immediate political void left in Venezuela…