6 reasons why stopping worldwide terrorism is so challenging
Police after the London Bridge attack on June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay Gary LaFree, University of Maryland A January 2017 Pew survey showed that Americans…
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A Few Things Got Left Out of The Daily Caller’s Report on Confederate Monument Rally
(CC 2.0) by A.C. Thompson ProPublica, May 31, 2017, 8 a.m. On May 14, The Daily Caller, a popular conservative website, published a news story…
Being more media savvy won’t stop the spread of ‘fake news’ – here’s why
Shutterstock Craig Harper, Nottingham Trent University “Fake news” is the buzzword of 2017. Barely a day goes by without a headline about president Donald Trump…
U.S. says no announcement planned this week on expanding laptop ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security does not plan to announce an expansion of a ban on laptops in airline cabins this…
Trump Administration Says It Isn’t Anti-Science As It Seeks to Slash EPA Science Office
by Lisa Song ProPublica, May 24, 2017, 1:28 p.m. When the city of Toledo temporarily lost access to clean drinking water several years ago after…
Why Montana just elected Greg Gianforte, a man charged with assault, to Congress
Lee Banville, The University of Montana Until just about 24 hours before the polls closed, the race for Montana’s sole congressional seat seemed to be…
Beyond the CBO score: How Trump Budget and the AHCA are dismantling America’s safety net
President Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, to his left, celebrating the House passage of the AHCA on May 4. Evan Vucci/AP Simon Haeder, West Virginia…
Why the US does not have universal health care, while many other countries do
Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University The lead-up to the House passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on May 4, which passed by a…
Impeachment: It’s political
Jacob Neiheisel, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Editor’s Note: Impeachment is a predominantly legislative process currently followed in several dozen countries,…
What is classified information, and who gets to decide?
Classified documents. http://www.shutterstock.com Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Before coming to academia, I worked for many…