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/ 4 months agoTrump-appointed federal judge rules Trump’s classified document case is unconstitutional – here’s how special counsels have been authorized before
In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that independent counsels were constitutional.
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/ 4 months agoTarget just became the latest US retailer to stop accepting payment by checks. Why have so many stores given up on them?
Next time you go shopping, leave your checkbook at home.
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/ 4 months agoNutrition Facts labels have a complicated legacy – a historian explains the science and politics of translating food into information
The process of converting food into nutritional information is more than just a scientific process. It involves many political and technical...
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/ 4 months agoNew research suggests estrogen and progesterone could play role in opioid addiction and relapse
Why are some individuals at greater risk for developing opioid dependence and addiction? Two neuroscientists at Rowan University discuss their latest...
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/ 4 months agoHow to protect your home from wildfires – here’s what fire prevention experts say is most important
Roofs, windows and siding all affect how vulnerable a home is and how likely it is to survive a wildfire. So...
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/ 4 months agoTrump’s assassination attempt reveals a major security breakdown – but doesn’t necessarily heighten the risk for political violence, a former FBI official explains
Lone wolf attackers like Matthew Thomas Crooks pose the greatest security threats in the country – and are hardest to prevent.
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/ 4 months agoDecades after Billie Holiday’s death, ‘Strange Fruit’ is still a searing testament to injustice – and of faithful solidarity with suffering
Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
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/ 4 months agoElecting a virtuous president would make immunity irrelevant, writes a political philosopher
Presidential immunity can bring with it many risks. So how can we think about the nature and limits of such immunity?
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/ 4 months agoHow Smithsonian curators scavenge political conventions to explain the present to the future and save everything from hats to buttons to umbrellas to soap
Curators from the Smithsonian will be at the GOP convention collecting items from buttons to banners. Their goal: to add objects...
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/ 4 months agoMichigan’s thousands of farmworkers are unprotected, poorly paid, uncounted and often exploited
Michigan’s migrant farmworkers are the backbone of the country’s second-most diverse agricultural economy. Social and labor protections for them fall short.
