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This infusion of funds will help struggling child care providers and support parents who have to exit the workforce to care for their kids.
The dire conditions that brought waves of Cubans to the US in the 1980s and 1990s are again escalating on the communist island, provoked by Trump-era sanctions and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal government has temporarily widened eligibility for food assistance to more students. Two scholars argue this needs to be made permanent and be accompanied with an awareness campaign.
The New York Times gave in to White House pressure and did not publish crucial information about an impending US-backed invasion of Cuba. It's an old story, much repeated – but it's wrong.
Riots by proslavery forces raged for three days in the nation's capital after the capture of a ship bearing fugitive enslaved people. The president, a slaveowner himself, tried to calm the city.
Proposed legislation would identify and protect African American cemeteries. But it wouldn't cover the remains of thousands of Black people in museum collections.
Pakistan, created during the 1947 partition, comprised two geographical areas, separated by over a thousand miles. The fault lines between the two regions resulted in the birth of Bangladesh.
Donald Trump's ticket to the White House was a coarse version of populism. Will his successors in the GOP be different – or simply present a more polished version of his antagonistic rhetoric?
The roots of Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar go back to colonial days. Those behind the military coup are seeking to harness it to legitimize the seizure of power.
Language affects behavior. When words champion aggression, make violence acceptable and embolden audiences to action, incidents like the insurrection at the Capitol are the result.
Biden wants to restore US global leadership after four years of Trump's isolationism and antagonism. These are some of the challenges and opportunities he'll face, from China to Latin America.
In claiming the election was "stolen" from him and using the office of the president to the benefit of his family, Trump dips into the authoritarian playbook to convert power into property.
Setiap kata punya konsekuensi. Penelitian beberapa dekade mendukung
argumen bahwa pidato Trump kemungkinan besar mendorong massa pendukungnya sehingga terjadi pemberontakan di gedung Capitol AS.
Trump's hero's journey was etched for all to see in his favorite medium.
Words have consequences. And decades of research supports the contention that Donald Trump's words could in fact incite people to mount an insurrection at the US Capitol.
Kindergarten enrollment dropped 16% this year, according to an NPR survey of 60 school districts across 20 states.
A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.
A set of efforts that registered 800,000 new voters since 2018 may have been the key to Georgia turning blue in a presidential election for the first time since 1992.
Women continue to be stereotyped as passive and meek. For this reason, international courts often let women war criminals off the hook.
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Department Chair, Health Studies, American University
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Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
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Doctoral Student in Anthropology, American University
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Professor of Law, American University
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Assistant Professor of Public Communication, American University School of Communication
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Research Professor of Government, American University
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Professor of Linguistics Emerita, American University
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Professor of Marketing, American University Kogod School of Business
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Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University School of Public Affairs
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Senior Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Communication Studies, American University School of Communication
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
