Immigrants' use of welfare can influence Americans’ view of public welfare as a whole find Ping Xu and Erika Danielson of @universityofri.bsky.social and Belinda Davis and James Garand of @lsu.bsky.social
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Immigrants' use of welfare can influence Americans’ view of public welfare as a whole find Ping Xu and Erika Danielson of @universityofri.bsky.social and Belinda Davis and James Garand of @lsu.bsky.social
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There may be no end in sight for the US government shutdown writes Thomas Gift of @ucl.ac.uk
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Listen to the latest podcast from The Ballpark: AI and the workplace with Professor @iajunwa.bsky.social of @emorylaw.bsky.social
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The 2020 US election shows how state election policies can fuel conspiracy theories about voting write @morganwack.bsky.social of @ikmz.bsky.social and @schafer.bsky.social of @uwnews.uw.edu
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Highlighting “being American” no longer brings Democrats and Republicans together finds @rongbojin.bsky.social of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
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Americans are adapting to a warmer world — trading winter heat for summer cooling find Francois Cohen of the University of Barcelona, Matthieu Glachant of @psl-univ.bsky.social and Magnus Söderberg of @griffith.edu.au
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As the #US undermines the geopolitical order, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit showed #China is offering an alternative.
History indicates the result may not be a new global system, but shifting power & contested rules, writes Terry Mullan @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social
What issues may define next year’s elections? Peter Finn of Kingston University covers what we should look out for in the latest in our "2026 Midterms" series
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A new European ideological patriotism could be a counter for Trumpism writes
@peternedergaard.bsky.social of the University of Copenhagen
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Through his new study, SPA's David Schwegman disproves the misconception that wind farms negatively impact property value. He urges policymakers to study the distribution of costs and benefits as they contemplate energy transition proposals in their community. bit.ly/4mFQZJN
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California’s Gavin Newsom leads the Democrats’ Trump counterattack with a redistricting ballot measure writes Jeff Cummins of Fresno State University
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Wind energy has a surprising upside – higher property values find David J. Schwegman of American University, Eric Brunner of @uconn.bsky.social and Ben Hoen of @berkeleylab.lbl.gov
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The US-led world order is breaking—here’s what history tells us may come next, writes Terrence Mullan of @lseir.bsky.social
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Who is liable for AI? With Dr Anat Lior of Drexel University | The Ballpark podcast
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In New Jersey, a new voting law may be loosening the grip of the state’s political machines writes @juliasassrubin.bsky.social of @bloustein.rutgers.edu
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Geopolitics isn’t killing global supply chains—it’s powering them writes Benjamin Selwyn of @sussex.ac.uk
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Why is political violence on the rise in the United States? Ursula Daxecker and @neerajprsd.bsky.social of the University of Amsterdam and @andrearuggeri.bsky.social of the University of Milan look at the trend and where it might lead
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In early September, President #Trump issued an executive order directing that the US Department of Defense would again be known as the “Department of War”.
The move is mostly political theatre, writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social on @lseusablog.bsky.social.
Donald Trump’s “Department of War” name change is mostly political theatre writes Jonny Hall of @lseir.bsky.social
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Read a summary of the new book from Thomas Gift of @ucl.ac.uk, Killing Machines: Trump, the Law of War, and the Future of Military Impunity
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16.09.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0The blurred line has vanished writes @giovannadimauro.bsky.social of Zayed University, and politics has become pop culture blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
15.09.2025 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1How federal budget politics cost state and local governments billions blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
10.09.2025 17:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0AI automation and the workforce with Dr Baobao Zhang of @maxwellsu.bsky.social - The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
09.09.2025 16:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The weakening of the Voting Rights Act is a fundamental threat to multiracial democracy write @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social of @uofdenver.bsky.social and Jasmine Carrera Smith of George Washington University blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
09.09.2025 15:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0How Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s counter narratives on public health found a home in America’s disconnected communities
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Social media firms need to be taken seriously as both tech platforms and as influential political organizations argue Jonathan Fisher of @unibirmingham.bsky.social and Idayat Hassan of @csis.org
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Might unmakes right with Professor Oona Hathaway | The Ballpark podcast
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Economic grievances are driving support for redrawing state borders in the Pacific Northwest
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