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‘No antidote for bad polls’: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting

W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication

Tents and makeshift shelters are clustered in an open space between partially destroyed buildings.

A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel

Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Suffolk University

How a newspaper revolution sparked protesters and influencers, disinformation and the Civil War

Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Institution

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A large procession of men in capes and hats, marching in a city while fireworks are set off.

Some online conspiracy-spreaders don’t even believe the lies they’re spewing

H. Colleen Sinclair, Louisiana State University

A row of wooden dolls with red hats and elongated noses.

A row of wooden dolls with red hats and elongated noses.

Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University

An oval office with fancy furnishings and paintings.

An oval office with fancy furnishings and paintings.

What to expect from federal judges appointed by Trump or Harris − based on what we’ve seen from Trump and Biden picks for the Supreme Court and lower courts

Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst

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A large gray granite building with words carved onto part of it that say, 'Justice, the Guardian of Liberty.'

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Election 2024

A woman wearing a light blue blazer shakes hands with a man with a ponytail and a beige jacket. She is surrounded by other people who are smiling.

Kamala Harris has spoken of her racial backgrounds − but a shared identity isn’t enough to attract supporters

Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College

How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views

Filippo Menczer, Indiana University

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US flag inside a stylized silhouette of a human head, overlaid by numerous icons and symbols

‘No antidote for bad polls’: Recalling the New York Times’ 1956 election experiment in shoe-leather reporting

W. Joseph Campbell, American University School of Communication

Two couples smile and greet people with waves.

Two couples smile and greet people with waves.

Why would people vote for Kamala Harris? 5 things to understand about why her supporters back her

Alex Hinton, Rutgers University - Newark

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A woman stands on a stage at a lectern in front of a large crowd of people who hold blue and white signs and wave their hands.

Latino voters are a growing force in Pennsylvania’s old industrial towns − and they could provide Harris or Trump with their margin of victory

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Penn State

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Woman holds up large Puerto Rico flag with crowd behind her

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US Congress

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3 years after fall of Kabul, US Congress has still not acted to secure future of more than 70,000 Afghan evacuees in US

Kelsey Norman, Rice University and Ana Martín Gil, Rice University

Why is Congress filled with old people?

Charlie Hunt, Boise State University

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An imposing gray government building with a dome and an American flag flying from a pole.

Life on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim

William McCorkle, College of Charleston

A man wearing a baseball cap talks with a crowd of women and children.

A man wearing a baseball cap talks with a crowd of women and children.

TikTok law threatening a ban if the app isn’t sold raises First Amendment concerns

Anupam Chander, Georgetown University and Gautam Hans, Cornell University

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A person holds a handmade sign at the edge of a crowd outdoors in front of a large building

You should call House members ‘representatives,’ because that’s what they are − not ‘congressmen’ or ‘congresswomen’

Daniel Wirls, University of California, Santa Cruz

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People standing in front of a series of elevated desks, with their right hands up.

Democracy and rule of law

How foreign operations are manipulating social media to influence your views

Filippo Menczer, Indiana University

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US flag inside a stylized silhouette of a human head, overlaid by numerous icons and symbols

NYC’s ‘Eric Adams Show’ heads for a final curtain, with echoes of another New Yorker more focused on style than policy

Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University

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A man with shaved head and a sad expression.

How sheriffs define law and order for their counties depends a lot on their views − and most are white Republican men

Mirya Holman, University of Houston and Emily Farris, Texas Christian University

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A man wearing a badge and a leather belt gestures.

You want to vote in the 2024 election − here is how to make sure that your voice is heard

Amy Dacey, American University

People stand at tables with barriers around them so others can't see how they're voting.

People stand at tables with barriers around them so others can't see how they're voting.

Race and equity

Kamala Harris has spoken of her racial backgrounds − but a shared identity isn’t enough to attract supporters

Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College

A woman wearing a light blue blazer shakes hands with a man with a ponytail and a beige jacket. She is surrounded by other people who are smiling.

A woman wearing a light blue blazer shakes hands with a man with a ponytail and a beige jacket. She is surrounded by other people who are smiling.

Police stop more Black drivers, while speed cameras issue unbiased tickets − new study from Chicago

Wenfei Xu, Cornell University; David Levinson, University of Sydney; Michael J Smart, Rutgers University, and Nebiyou Yonas Tilahun, University of Illinois Chicago

Police cruisers at night

Police cruisers at night

Parents with disabilities have faced discrimination for years in the US, but new rules will help ensure that child welfare systems treat them more fairly

Elizabeth Lightfoot, Arizona State University

Mother giving son to father sitting in wheelchair by car

Mother giving son to father sitting in wheelchair by car

Why the cost of water for poor Black Detroit voters may be key to Kamala Harris winning – or losing – Michigan

Ronald Brown, Wayne State University and R. Khari Brown, Wayne State University

Protesters march in the streets of Detroit carrying a sign that says "Black & Brown Detroit Votes Count"

Protesters march in the streets of Detroit carrying a sign that says "Black & Brown Detroit Votes Count"

State politics

Can Montana’s ‘last rural Democrat’ survive another election?

Lee Banville, University of Montana

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A man with a flattop haircut, wearing a plaid shirt, speaking into a microphone.

Swing state voters along the Great Lakes love cleaner water and beaches − and candidates from both parties have long fished for support there

Mike Shriberg, University of Michigan

About a dozen people swim and relax in a body of water

About a dozen people swim and relax in a body of water

Latino voters are a growing force in Pennsylvania’s old industrial towns − and they could provide Harris or Trump with their margin of victory

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Penn State

Woman holds up large Puerto Rico flag with crowd behind her

Woman holds up large Puerto Rico flag with crowd behind her

Cities are clearing encampments, but this won’t solve homelessness − here’s a better way forward

Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Michigan State University

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A man folds a tent as two uniformed police watch from a distance

Immigration

No, immigrants aren’t eating dogs and cats – but Trump’s claim is part of an ugly history of myths about immigrant foodways

Adrienne Bitar, Cornell University

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A man wearing a blue suit stands at a podium and gestures with his hands, nearby a woman in a dark suit who is also at a podium.

On the US-Mexico border, the records of Trump and Harris reflect the national mood of less immigration, not more

William McCorkle, College of Charleston

A young boy walks near rows of tents as he watches a television screen that has a white man wearing a business suit and a Black woman in a debate.

A young boy walks near rows of tents as he watches a television screen that has a white man wearing a business suit and a Black woman in a debate.

Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more

Anita Alves Pena, Colorado State University

A woman carrying a green binder shows paperwork to another woman just inside a doorway

A woman carrying a green binder shows paperwork to another woman just inside a doorway

Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don’t offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies

Angela Schöpke Gonzalez, University of Michigan

A colorful thermal image of a tall border wall with a road running parallel

A colorful thermal image of a tall border wall with a road running parallel

Middle East

A year after Hamas attack, more continuity than change for the Palestinians and Israel

Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch, Suffolk University

Tents and makeshift shelters are clustered in an open space between partially destroyed buildings.

Tents and makeshift shelters are clustered in an open space between partially destroyed buildings.

A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement

Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine and Kelsey Norman, Rice University

A woman carries a mattress on her head as she walks down a street.

A woman carries a mattress on her head as she walks down a street.

Palestinians want to choose their own leaders – a year of war has distanced them further from this democratic goal

Maha Nassar, University of Arizona

A woman in a headscarf looks at a sheet of paper in a cubicle.

A woman in a headscarf looks at a sheet of paper in a cubicle.

Iran’s strike on Israel was retaliatory – but it was also about saving face and restoring deterrence

Aaron Pilkington, University of Denver

Men in yellow headbands march while carrying flags.

Men in yellow headbands march while carrying flags.

Trump's trials

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Presidential immunity has clear limits, special counsel filing says, and Trump should be tried for efforts to overturn 2020 election

Jennifer Selin, Arizona State University

Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States would have given Nixon immunity for Watergate crimes — but 50 years ago he needed a presidential pardon to avoid prison

Ken Hughes, University of Virginia

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A man in a suit and tie sitting at a desk reading from a piece of paper in front of him.

Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution

Lynn Greenky, Syracuse University

A white man with a dark blue suit and white hair sits and stairs blankly while two police officers stand behind him in a court room.

A white man with a dark blue suit and white hair sits and stairs blankly while two police officers stand behind him in a court room.

Supreme Court ruling may put presidents above the law – but even kings never were

Jay Rubenstein, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

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A colorful woodcut of a man wearing a crown signing a document while surrounded by others in fancy medieval dress.

Trump-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s classified document case is unconstitutional – here’s how special counsels have been authorized before

Joshua Holzer, Westminster College

Dozens of boxes that allegedlycontain classified documents are stacked in a storage room at Donald Trump's estate.

Dozens of boxes that allegedlycontain classified documents are stacked in a storage room at Donald Trump's estate.

Around the world

Bottled up in the Black Sea: Russia is having a dreadful naval war, hindering its great power ambitions

Colin Flint, Utah State University

Smoke billows from a ship in the sea.

Smoke billows from a ship in the sea.

Russia’s new ideological battlefield: The militarization of young minds

Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Colorado State University

Young people wearing army fatigues and red hats march in a military parade.

Young people wearing army fatigues and red hats march in a military parade.

Sri Lankans throw out old guard in election upset: What nation’s new Marxist-leaning leader means for economy, IMF loans

Vidhura S. Tennekoon, Indiana University

A man holds aloft his finger with purple paint on.

A man holds aloft his finger with purple paint on.

Nepal’s revamped truth commissions will need to go beyond ‘ritualism’ to deliver justice to civil war victims

Tracy Fehr, University of Colorado Boulder

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Man looks at victims' memorial.

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