'Treason' is the only crime specifically defined in the US Constitution. The word is being used a lot these days, and a law professor says no one actually appears to know what treason is.
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Detroit is Burning.
In 1967 race riots nearly tore Detroit apart. The next year, the Kerner Commission, appointed by president Lyndon Johnson, placed the blame on the way the police and had handled the response.
Efforts to keep the city segregated led to one of the largest civil rights rebellions of the 1960s, and interactions between citizens and police turned deadly.
Yes, it's hot outside. And football practice is starting for thousands of kids. But coaches and parents should be careful about tellings kids to drink more water. That has been deadly.
Low pay pushes drivers to work extremely long hours, causing more crashes and more traffic deaths.
Are most homeless mentally ill? Is it inevitable that a society will have homeless people? A researcher digs into the real data on homelessness.
Most European nations have seen suicide rates fall by 20 percent or more. Research is limited, but some studies blame US inequality.
The Supreme Court's Janus ruling extends strong protection to the First Amendment 'right of silence' and continues their trend of expanding First Amendment rights, often at the behest of conservatives.
The Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring faith-based crisis pregnancy centers to post signs with information about family planning services.
People's most private information isn't on paper locked in desks anymore – it's online, stored on corporate servers. The Supreme Court now says some privacy protections cover that data.
Children with cancer often experience terrible pain. Adults who treat them are determined to lessen their suffering. Can the lessons from helping kids with cancer pain inform treatment for adults in pain?
Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men and women, destabilizing black families in the process.
Privacy rules enacted in Europe are affecting companies – and their customers and users – all around the world.
Kids often experience anxiety when separated from parents for short periods. Longer separations, happening with some immigrant children, is a different matter, a leading child psychiatrist explains.
In the seven years since civil war erupted in Syria, refugees have fled the violence and destruction. But starting over in a new country after such experiences is much harder than it may seem.
Nestle pays the state a pittance in exchange for its water at a time when public awareness of water issues is rising.
Most people know that the First Amendment protects free speech. But two upcoming Supreme Court cases reveal how it also gives people in the US the right not to speak.
Bipolar disorder is an often misunderstood psychiatric illness. An expert defines it and explains how it is diagnosed and treated.
Whenever we apply that political or moral comparison, we set the bar for inhumanity as high as possible. Should the abyss of World War II really be the main measure for all things political?
When mass shootings occur, some people insist the focus should be on mental illness, not gun control. A psychiatrist explains how that view misses the mark.
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Wayne State University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer of Urban Studies, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor, Economics, Wayne State University
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Director of the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic; Assistant Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychology, Wayne State University
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Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Distinguished Professor of Law, Wayne State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer of History, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Exercise and Sports Science, Wayne State University
