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Scammers are robbing institutions of billions of dollars. Adrià Fruitós

June 21, 2023

Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud

David Maimon, Georgia State University and Kurt Eichenwald, The Conversation

Check fraud is one of history’s oldest financial crimes and criminals are finding new ways to use it to steal billions from banks.

Soldiers of the Japanese American 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Bruyères, France. U.S. Army Signal Corps via Wikimedia Commons

May 27, 2021

Japanese American soldiers in World War II fought the Axis abroad and racial prejudice at home

Susan H. Kamei, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Young Japanese American men who were incarcerated because they were presumed to be disloyal were considered loyal enough for compulsory military service.

An election worker in Pennsylvania handles mailed ballots during that state’s primary election in May. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

October 19, 2020

Mail-in voting is safe and reliable – 5 essential reads

Jeff Inglis, The Conversation

Scholars explain how they know people can trust vote-by-mail systems.

A King County, Washington election worker verifies signatures accompanying ballots cast in the state’s August primary. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

September 18, 2020

Timing, signatures and huge demand make mail-in voting difficult

Luke Perry, Utica University

It’s not just whether the US Postal Service can handle the load. In 2020 primaries, states have had trouble distributing, collecting and counting mailed-in ballots.

The J.W. Westcott II is the country’s only floating ZIP code. cactuspinecone/flickr

August 18, 2020

A dismantled post office destroys more than mail service

Patty Heyda, Washington University in St. Louis

Can you find a FedEx store that mimics the design creativity and quality of early US post offices? What are we left with when the best parts of public life are treated like for-profit entities?

The spectacle at the 2016 Republican National Convention will not be repeated in 2020. AP Photo/Matt Rourke

August 21, 2020

Pandemic alters political conventions – which have always changed with the times

Daniel Klinghard, College of the Holy Cross

This year’s technological adaptations may signal a permanent shift in the way nominating conventions meet and the way voters watch them – but it’s not the first time.

United States Postal Service mail carrier Frank Colon, 59, departs on his delivery route at the Remcon Circle Post Office amid the coronavirus pandemic on April 30, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images

June 2, 2020

How the Postal Service helped stamp identity on America – and continues to deliver a common bond today

Amy Werbel, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

The United States Postal Service plays a vital role in US civic life, one that helped shape American society more than 250 years ago and continues to characterize it today.

Wisconsin voters had to wait in line in April, wearing masks, because they could not vote by mail. Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images

April 17, 2020

Some states more ready for mail-in voting than others

Steven Mulroy, University of Memphis

In many states, any voter can ask for an absentee ballot and mail it in – but in others, there are stricter rules about who can vote by mail.

Armstrong on Oprah in 2013. Lwp Kommunikáció

March 4, 2015

Think the war on doping is a force for good? Its ideals have been compromised all along

Paul Dimeo, University of Stirling and Verner Møller, Aarhus University

Lance Armstrong’s tough punishment may look deserved, but it may just be the highest-profile example of what’s wrong with anti-doping.

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