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The situation at the US-Mexico border is a crisis – but is it new?
Randi Mandelbaum, Rutgers University The media create the impression that there is an unprecedented crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, with droves of children arriving alone, as well as families flooding to the border. There is a crisis. But as a law professor who studies child migration, I can tell you that it’s nothing new. Children and families have been fleeing to the U.S. for years, particularly from Mexico and the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
What those mourning the fragility of American democracy get wrong
Alasdair S. Roberts, University of Massachusetts Amherst For many people, the lesson from the assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 – and more broadly from the experience of the last four years – is that American democracy
COVID-19 misinformation on Chinese social media – lessons for countering conspiracy theories
Kaiping Chen, University of Wisconsin-Madison Conspiracy theories about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic from the beginning. Crucial to managing the pandemic is mitigating the effects of misinformation, which the World Health Organization dubbed an “infodemic.” Conspiracy theories and misinformation are
US could face a simmering, chronic domestic terror problem, warn security experts
Luis De la Calle, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas After President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021 without any violent incidents, many in the United States and worldwide breathed a sigh of relief. The respite may be
Far-right groups move to messaging apps as tech companies crack down on extremist social media
Kevin Grisham, California State University San Bernardino Right-wing extremists called for open revolt against the U.S. government for months on social media following the election in November. Behind the scenes on private messaging services, many of them recruited new followers,