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What are strike funds? A labor-management relations expert explains

Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State When people go on strike, their employers don’t pay them. That makes it hard for workers who have walked off the job to keep paying their bills. Union members have an advantage during strikes because they can…

September 17, 2023
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September 17, 2023

US autoworkers launch historic strike: 3 questions answered

Joshua Murray, Vanderbilt University The United Auto Workers union, or UAW, has told workers at three factories to go on strike after failing to agree on new contracts with each of Detroit’s major automakers. The contracts expired at 11:59 p.m.…

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States are weakening their child labor restrictions nearly 8 decades after the US government took kids out of the workforce

John A. Fliter, Kansas State University and Betsy Wood, Bard College A…

‘Uncivil obedience’ becomes an increasingly common form of protest in the US

Kristina M. Lee, University of South Dakota When Utah legislators passed a…

Sen. Tuberville’s blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress’ August break

Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University As Congress prepares to head into its August 2023 break, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, shows no signs of ending his five-month-long hold on…

July 26, 2023

Is the US being hypocritical in taking years to destroy its chemical weapons, while condemning other nations for their own chemical weapons programs? A political philosopher weighs in

Michael Blake, University of Washington The United States has finished destroying the last of its stock of chemical weapons, marking the end of a 26-year period during which it frequently condemned other…

July 17, 2023

America’s power disconnection crisis: In 31 states, utilities can shut off electricity for nonpayment in a heat wave

Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania and David Konisky, Indiana University Millions of Americans have already been sweltering through heat waves this summer, and forecasters warn of hot months ahead. July 3 and…

July 5, 2023

How new state laws and book ban movements have made the teaching of US history contentious – 5 essential reads

Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jusneel Mahal, The Conversation Of all the subjects taught in America’s public schools, few have become as contentious as U.S. history. At least 37 states have adopted…

July 3, 2023

Now that President Biden’s student loan cancellation program has been canceled, here’s what’s next

William Chittenden, Texas State University The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6-3 on June 30, 2023, that the…

July 2, 2023

A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

Kenneth L. Shropshire, University of Pennsylvania In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S.…

June 29, 2023

Danger, prestige and authenticity draw thrill-seekers to adventure tourism

Scott Smith, University of South Carolina The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention to the thrilling, dangerous and expensive world of extreme tourism. As a researcher…

June 25, 2023

How the Unabomber’s unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture

Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis Can the language someone uses be as unique as their fingerprints? As I describe in my forthcoming book, “Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity,”…

June 15, 2023

Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another

Jason Davidson, University of Mary Washington When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped…

June 14, 2023

Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

Mark Satta, Wayne State University The drag shows will go on. At least for now. On June 2, 2023, Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in western Tennessee, ruled…

June 12, 2023
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