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Governments can do more to protect patients at for-profit nursing homes. A behavioral scientist who studies nursing homes weighs in.
The new guidelines are not intended to reduce punishment but aim to reduce disparities in punishment that are linked to race and ethnicity.
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
An estimated 95% of US cities provide economic development tax incentives to woo corporate investors, taking billions away from schools.
A proposal to remove William Penn’s statue from a Philadelphia park was pulled after public outcry. Penn’s biographer says his Quaker religion may well have disapproved of such a statue.
The public’s right to know often gives way to concerns about privacy, public safety and protecting evidence.
Celebrity politicians have instant name recognition. But unless they trump competitors in fundraising, and hit other check boxes, they aren’t any more likely to win than traditional politicians.
The three leading candidates in the GOP Senate primary race in Pennsylvania all hitched their wagons to Trump. But will that make it harder for the Republican winner to win the center come the fall?
A study of rural schools in Pennsylvania found that schools ended up in a clash between local residents and state and federal agencies.
Justices declined GOP requests to block court-approved congressional maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania. But justices punted a bigger question over the role of courts until after the midterm elections.
Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.
The spotted lanternfly, native to Asia, is spreading fast since arriving in the United States seven years ago. An entomologist explains why this is a big problem.
Pipeline companies have run roughshod over several regions where they’re building, racking up safety and environmental violations. Many residents feel trapped, with no control over their property.
Yes, Trump doesn’t like to lose. But his obstruction of the presidential election result has another goal: galvanising his base for the Senate runoff elections in Georgia in January.
Some speculated that voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Texas would vote against Joe Biden because of his plans to phase out fossil fuels.
What did this year’s election maps rightly or wrongly tell us?
A profile of Joe Biden’s home state, which is crucial to securing victory in the 2020 US election.
The GOP is hoping the ghosts of Florida past will tilt the race in Trump’s favor. But Joe Biden’s apparent electoral lead in numerous key states may insulate his win from such legal challenges.
Trump is contesting the results in four key battleground states. Here is what he is claiming — and his chances of success in stopping the vote count or overturning the results.
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Freelance Reporter and Editor, The Conversation
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Professor of Education Policy & Law; Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor Emeritus of Social Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor Political Science and Director of McCourtney Institute for Democracy, Penn State
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Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
