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Most people credit policing or the lack of it, but the real story tracks three trends that rose and fell together.

Despite holding a low opinion of the US president and his negotiators, most Ukrainians have favorable views toward Americans more generally.

Jackson's concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people 'beyond Congress' and Black Americans who 'helped galvanize the push for full equality.'

Thirty years after first visiting Havana, an expert in US-Cuba relations reports on his latest visit.

The Pentagon recategorized Native religions as 'other.' A scholar of Native American and Indigenous Studies explains the implications of that change.

Colorado watered down its AI legislation but may still face litigation from the Department of Justice.

Graham Platner's Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the populist Platner resembles Donald Trump in key ways.

What do cacti spines and wasp stingers have in common? What about snail genitalia and shark teeth?

By interfering with how communities collect data and how researchers access it, the CDC risks undermining the hard-won trust needed for effective public health.

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to help society.