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John Micek: Biden threw down the gauntlet in the battle over voting rights

It was hard to miss the challenge that President Joe Biden posed to Americans as he burned through a fiery speech at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia this week. Led by “bullies and peddlers of lies,” Republicans in Congress and state legislatures around the country are engaged in an historical assault on the right […]

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Commentary: High-tide flood risk is accelerating, putting coastal economies at risk

As sea level rises, it can be easy to miss the subtlety of higher water. It’s much harder to overlook saltwater more frequently flooding streets, impeding daily life and making existing problems worse. The frequency of high-tide flooding along the U.S. coasts has doubled since 2000, and it’s expected to increase five to 15 times […]

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Gordon Weil: Dems get vaccinated; GOP not so much

Vaccinations can tell us something about voting. The key finding is the better a state has been vaccinated, the more likely it is to vote for the Democratic presidential candidate. Digging a little deeper into the data may even show which states are likely to influence, if not downright determine, the outcome of the next presidential election. This could make political pundits look good. President Joe Biden […]

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Commentary: The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war: 4 questions about this historic moment

Mark R. Jacobson, a foreign policy expert at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, served in Afghanistan as a reserve officer in 2006 and then returned in a civilian role, working as a foreign policy adviser to Gen. Stanley McChrystal and later as the deputy NATO senior civilian representative in Afghanistan. As both a scholar […]