David E. Clementson, University of Georgia U.S. Rep. George Santos, a Republican from New York, was expelled on Dec. 1, 2023 from Congress for doing what most people think all politicians do all the time: lying. Santos lied about his religion, marital…
David Smith, University of Sydney Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, a zealous convert to Donald Trump’s cause, once offered an expansive vision of how Trump should rule in a second term: “fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the…
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Michael Blake, University of Washington On Nov. 16, 2023, the bipartisan House…
Anthony Michael Kreis, Georgia State University A federal appeals court in Arkansas…
Deana Rohlinger, Florida State University Democrats in Congress are making a new push to get the long-dormant proposed Equal Rights Amendment enshrined into law. As legislation, it would guarantee sex equality in…
Joseph Jones, West Virginia University The United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of monarchy 247 years ago, on July 4, 1776. Political power does not come…
Henry L. Chambers Jr., University of Richmond For months, legislators, legal scholars and people simply interested in democracy and elections were fixated on a case before the Supreme Court, Moore v. Harper.…
Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University and Larry Diamond, Stanford University Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to attend his first state visit at the White House on June 22, 2023, marking a historic…
Jorge Heine, Boston University What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in his first six months in office, Brazilian President…
Meredith Oyen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County An encounter in which a Chinese naval ship cut across the path of a U.S. destroyer in the Taiwan Strait on June 3, 2023, has…
Ali S. Masood, Oberlin College and Conservatory; Benjamin J. Kassow, University of North Dakota; David Miller, East Tennessee State University, and Joshua Boston, Bowling Green State University U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence…
Mark Allan Jackson, Middle Tennessee State University The debt ceiling debate between the House GOP and President Joe Biden could, if not solved, lead to economic chaos and destruction – so it…
Anne P. DePrince, University of Denver A Manhattan jury has found that former President Donald Trump sexually abused journalist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and defamed her by saying that she…
Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University Commentators were quick to note President Joe Biden’s low job approval and favorability ratings after he announced his long-expected reelection bid on April 25, 2023. Others…
