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Americans have rediscovered the Supreme Court, as they do periodically when it's at the center of controversy. With a president who attacks the legitimacy of courts, will their attention be benign?
As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it's important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids' security and privacy at risk.
On April 5, 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps, a massive relief program that paid young men to plant trees and build parks across the nation. It was money well spent.
As lawmakers debate immigration policy in coming weeks, they should realize that giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but lifts the economy too.
While comprehensive immigration reform may be out of reach, giving immigrants who came to the US as children citizenship not only has broad political support but makes economic sense too.
Despite all the media attention the far-right and so-called "alt-right" got in 2017, the numbers paint a different picture.
Banyak mitos tentang masturbasi seperti masturbasi menyebabkan kebutaan, kegilaan, dan kemandulan. Padahal fakta sebenarnya, masturbasi memiliki banyak manfaat bagi kesehatan.
Gym-goers are going crazy for these products. It's time for a reality check.
Efforts to kick extremists off the internet can't succeed and might even have the unintended side effect of bolstering support for radical groups.
Two websites, one taken offline, the other still active, raise hard questions about how prepared Americans are to deal with free speech about white supremacy, in both monuments and domain names.
The courts are saying that down-and-out Americans have a right to seek curbside alms despite efforts to ban the practice. Two scholars have come up with an alternative to anti-panhandling ordinances.
Some Puerto Ricans voted, but most stayed home amid a looming financial debt crisis and political protests. Will this vote matter?
After a short suspension of anti-drug operations, President Rodrigo Duterte has resumed his bloody war.
Why are there such big differences in public opinion about homosexuality? It turns out where you live can be a major influence on how you feel.
Data on violent incidents in the US reveal that our focus on Islamist extremism since 9/11 may be misguided.
Would Abraham Lincoln ever have become president if he didn't stumble into a dry goods store in Springfield, Illinois, and strike up a friendship with its owner, Joshua Speed?
States once used their constitutional authority to argue in defense of slavery. Today, states can make a similar argument to protect immigrants from deportation, writes a legal scholar.
Whenever you listen to a streamed song, like it but don't buy it and instead stream it again, you are casting a vote for the future nonexistence of professional musicians.
Underlying online harassment is the false idea that events that happen on internet aren't real. But whenever people are interacting, it's all real.
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Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Associate Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
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Herbert Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, City University of New York
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Lecturer in social science, New York City College of Technology, City University of New York
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Assistant Professor, Exercise Science, City University of New York
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Professor of Political Science, City University of New York
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Professor of History, City University of New York
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Doctoral Lecturer in Sociology, City University of New York
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Professor, City University of New York
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Presidential Professor of Sociology and History, City University of New York
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Professor of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York
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Adjunct Professor, Roosevelt Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, City University of New York
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Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Broeklundian Professor of Political Science Emerita, City University of New York
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Associate Professor, City University of New York
