A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy

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Get rid of states? Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky, who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, has just published a book, Reimagining the American Union, that proposes a radical idea:...

The use of federal troops to quell Los Angles protests recalls militarized law enforcement during the Civil Rights Movement

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President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids without the normal request from the state. He has also sent to Los Angeles hundreds of...

Companies haven’t stopped hiring, but they’re more cautious, according to the 2025 College Hiring Outlook Report

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Every year, I tell my students in my business analytics class the same thing: Dont just apply for a job. Audition for it. This advice seems particularly relevant this year. In todays turbulent economy, companies are still...

Observers of workplace mistreatment react as strongly as the victims − at times with a surprising amount of victim blaming

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Picture this: On your way out of the office, you notice a manager berating an employee. You assume the worker made some sort of mistake, but the managers behavior seems unprofessional. Later, as youre preparing dinner, is...

Precise measurement standards have revolutionized museum science, helping nail down where artifacts are from

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On a cool February morning in 1904, a spark ignited a fire in the heart of downtown Baltimore. Within hours, a raging inferno swept eastward across the harbor district, consuming everything in its path. By evening, the...

AI ‘reanimations’: Making facsimiles of the dead raises ethical quandaries

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Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered a victim impact statement. The trial judge...

When you lose your health insurance, you may also lose your primary doctor – and that hurts your health

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When you lose your health insurance or switch to a plan that skimps on preventive care, something critical breaks. The connection to your primary care provider, usually a doctor, gets severed. You stop getting routine...