Portland, Oregon recently passed Measure 26-228, which represents some of the most expansive voting reforms by a major American city in…
Beginning in 2021, state legislators introduced or passed numerous bills intended to shape appropriate content in K–12 social studies…
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How do high-profile acts of police brutality affect public trust and cooperation with law enforcement? To investigate this question, we…
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The Department of Justice began prosecuting federal hate crimes cases after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Thus, the…
The complicated relationship of religion and government predates the founding of the United States. The Founders grappled with this dilemma…
In March 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people walked out of school and marched on their local statehouses and on the U.S. Capitol in…