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In Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the flags of the U.S. and its territory fly side by side. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

May 2, 2022

Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans

Eric Bellone, Suffolk University

A series of Supreme Court cases based on racist language and reasoning still govern the lives of 4 million Americans.

The U.S. military is handing the keys over to Afghan forces. Joe Marek/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

August 13, 2021

In Afghanistan, the US again gets to choose how it stops fighting

Thomas Alan Schwartz, Vanderbilt University

For much of the country’s history, Americans won their wars decisively, with the complete surrender of enemy forces and the home front’s perception of total victory.

A yellow fever ward in Havana in 1899. Everett Collection/Shutterstock

September 24, 2020

How US disease control shaped colonial power politics in the Caribbean

Alex Goodall, UCL

Will the COVID-19 pandemic change the global balance of power? It wouldn’t be the first time.

An officer from Venezuela’s National Guard lobs tear gas toward demonstrators during a standoff over humanitarian aid at the Colombian border on Feb. 23, 2019. Four protesters were killed. AP Photo/Fernando Llano

February 25, 2019

Venezuela crisis: Trump threats to Maduro evoke bloody history of US intervention in Latin America

Joseph J. Gonzalez, Appalachian State University

The Trump administration says President Maduro’s ‘days are numbered’ after Venezuelan security forces killed four protesters. But any US-led operation to oust him is likely to be extremely unpopular.

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