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Trump’s interference will hurt the Federal Reserve Bank
By Arthur S. Guarino As President, Donald Trump is attempting to fully control all aspects of the American economy: From…
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Changes for a landmark agreement mean immigrant children face harsher treatment in US
Kevin Johnson, University of California, Davis The Trump administration is trying to terminate the Flores settlement, a legal agreement that…
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The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest
By Catesby Holmes, The Conversation Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, the latest outbreak in an overactive fire…
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Voice and votes: Twin tools for change
By Adrian Johansen In the United States, we have historically struggled to hear the voices of marginalized groups. Segregation, the…
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How to have an all-renewable electric grid
By David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston The main solution to climate change is well known – stop burning fossil…
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The Democrats need to have a climate-only TV debate. For Americans and for the rest of us
By Simone Tagliapietra When Catholics are busy choosing a new Pope the whole world watches Italy and when Americans are…
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Mexican women are angry about rape, murder and government neglect – and they want the world to know
Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong and María de la Macarena Iribarne González, University of Wollongong Wearing green bandannas and…
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Fascism then and now
By John Scales Avery I would like to announce the publication of a new book, entitled “Fascism, Then and Now”.…
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Trump administration revives public charge clause that kept Nazi-era refugees from the US
By Laurel Leff, Northeastern University During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the…
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Americans’ support for immigration is at record highs – but the government is out of sync with their views
By Mariano Sana, Vanderbilt University Since its start, the Trump administration has implemented policies to step up immigration enforcement and…
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