Civil servants brace for a second Trump presidency
Government workers worry they may not know where the perils lie as they do their jobs.z_wei/iStock / Getty Images PlusOn the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th president of the Unite...
Jaime L Kucinskas, Associate Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
How Trump could try to stay in power after his second term ends
Donald Trump portrays himself as uniquely strong and powerful.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThink Donald Trump can’t be president after his second term is up in January 2029? Think again.When Presid...
Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Professor of Government, Hamilton College
Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity
New data highlights an increasing wealth divide across the United States.pick-uppath/Getty ImagesOne need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to un...
Tom Kemeny, Associate Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
The US ambassador to the UN is tasked with doing a careful dance between Washington and the world
A view of the United Nations headquarters building in New York in July 2024. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto…
Joe Biden leaves a complicated legacy on the federal courts
Clarence Thomas shakes hands with Joe Biden, then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, before…
How America courted increasingly destructive wildfires − and what that means for protecting homes to…
The Palisades Fire spreads near homes amid a powerful windstorm on Jan. 7, 2025.Mario Tama/Getty Ima…
The Gilded Age novel that helps explain our fascination with Luigi Mangione
The mystery of human choices, even when circumstances are known, occupied writers like Henry James.G…
Bird flu flares up again in Michigan poultry – an infectious disease expert explains the risk to hum…
The H5N1 virus has been found in poultry and cattle farms across southwest and central Michigan. Mat…
Community savings groups in Uganda are good stewards of local people’s money – and of outsiders’ fun…
In remote areas of Uganda, getting to a bank can be difficult if not impossible.Luis Tato/AFP/Getty …
This course examines Israeli school division to better understand education policy – and society – i…
Teachers Alia Hussein, left, and Efrat Toval give a lesson on identity, in Hebrew and Arabic, to thi…