The U.S. government hasn’t protected noncitizen veterans from deportation. That may change. Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder - August 12, 2021 The U.S. military has a long history of relying on foreign recruits.
For racially biased conservative Whites, owning a gun is just part of being a good citizen Beyza Buyuker and Alexandra Filindra - March 28, 2021 They see gun regulations as attacks on their patriotism and moral superiority
Voter suppression started way before Jim Crow. It’s a longstanding American tradition. David Bateman - March 28, 2021 For two and a half centuries, people have justified Black disenfranchisement in the name of ‘unity’
Why Trump’s new Commission on Unalienable Rights is likely to upset the human rights community Clifford Bob - June 5, 2019 Here’s the problem: Any group with any ideology can use the resonant language of rights to push its own agenda.
One year after the Parkland shooting, is the #NeverAgain movement on track to succeed? David Meyer - February 14, 2019 One year ago, a teenage gunman armed with an semiautomatic
It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel Sam Goldman - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83672" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mayor Muriel E. Bowser speaks at
Is Obama breaking norms as a former President? Not really. Nicholas Jacobs - September 25, 2018 As former president Barack Obama has begun campaigning for Democrats
Breaking border laws is as American as it gets Peter Andreas - July 3, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75142" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Independence Day fireworks explode over the
So Dennis Rodman may be in Singapore for the summit. That’s not as strange as it sounds. Eric Grynaviski - June 9, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74316" align="aligncenter" width="960"] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
Democracy weakens when workers have less power Elena Nikolova - January 23, 2017 [caption id="attachment_52873" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Airport workers seeking higher wages take
Everything you need to know about election observers — and why the U.S. needs them Katy Collin - October 28, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48344" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Voters line up Oct. 20 during
Here’s why Obama honored Cuban hero José Martí in Havana Joshua Simon - March 23, 2016 [caption id="attachment_37806" align="aligncenter" width="908"] President Obama attends a ceremony at
Beach reading for the politically minded: Nixon, the Fourth of July and libertarians on the loose Andrew Rudalevige - July 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27141" align="alignleft" width="200"] Libertarians invade Michigan. You heard it
Ukraine and the problem of local warlords Kimberly Marten - May 5, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special="TOPSHOTS "] A photographer takes a
Five books of American political history that you must read - January 3, 2014 The following is a guest post by University of Hawaii