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Trump supporters seeking more violence could target state capitols during inauguration – here’s how cities can prepare
Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona Americans witnessed an alarming and deadly failure in planning and policing at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The FBI failed to sound intelligence alarms, including about dozens of targets on the terrorist watch list traveling to Washington, D.C. U.S. Park Police, D.C. police and the National Guard, who collectively policed the “Save America” rally that preceded the riot, deviated from common crowd-control techniques by allowing rallygoers to bring flagpoles and other items that were
Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy
Mark Davidson, Clark University and Kevin Ward, University of Manchester U.S. cities are fast running out of cash. The pandemic will reduce local government revenues by an estimated US$11.6 billion in 2020. With COVID-19 requiring residents to stay home and
19 years after 9/11, Americans continue to fear foreign extremists and underplay the dangers of domestic terrorism
Jeff Gruenewald, University of Arkansas; Joshua D. Freilich, City University of New York; Steven Chermak, Michigan State University, and William Parkin, Seattle University On a Tuesday morning in September 2001, the American experience with terrorism was fundamentally altered. Two thousand,
With Harris pick, Biden reaches out to young Black Americans
Sam Fulwood III, American University and David C. Barker, American University School of Public Affairs With his choice of Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, Joe Biden may have helped bring young Black Americans to his side on Election
Can Joe Biden ‘heal’ the United States? Political experts disagree
Arie Kruglanski, University of Maryland and Robert B. Talisse, Vanderbilt University Editor’s note: When Joe Biden becomes president on Jan. 20, 2021, he will lead a fractured nation whose political factions are separated by a chasm. In his victory speech,