As Joe Biden and Donald Trump spend the final day of the US 2020 election campaign in key battlegrounds – why a handful of states will be so crucial to the result.
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The rules governing how mail-in voting works and how ballots can be rejected differ state by state. In a close election, this could prove pivotal to deciding who wins.
Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
A sociologist spent over a year interviewing black, white and Latino residents of a declining coal town in central Pennsylvania, plumbing the sources of their political disillusionment.
Big oil and gas companies spent far more fighting this ballot initiative than the measure’s supporters did.
When people form local networks to take care of resources such as drinking water, they strengthen their communities. Technology can support these efforts and promote learning and innovation.
Landowners told researchers that they lacked the knowledge, time and money to advocate for themselves, their financial interests and their property in negotiations over drilling leases.
Why are they shiny? And how did Pennsylvania become the pretzel capital of the world?
The winner of the special election will only serve for eight months, so what’s the big deal?
America’s drinking water infrastructure is aging and needs billions of dollars in upgrades. Two extension educators urge consumers to monitor their water and have it tested if they suspect problems.
New data from researchers at Brandeis University suggest that the Jewish vote is important in key Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida counties.
Three studies find higher rate of health issues for people who live near large or many fracked natural gas well sites.
Higher hospitalization rates near unconventional wells could be linked to environmental and social stressors, such as noise and air pollution.
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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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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Political Science, Pro Vice Chancellor of the Social Sciences, University of Nottingham
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University
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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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Extension Educator, Water Resources, Penn State
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Extension Educator, Renewable Natural Resources, Penn State
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Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
