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The potential impact of the mifepristone Supreme Court case

March 22, 2024

The Supreme Court will hear arguments over access and regulations on mifepristone鈥攁 drug used in medical abortions. 蜜糖直播 Law professor Jennifer Hendricks studies constitutional family law and gives her take on the upcoming case.

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A really gutsy piece of journalism on police response to death of woman

March 15, 2024

This year鈥檚 Nakkula Award for Police Reporting goes to Andy Mannix and the Minnesota Star Tribune for a story that, as one judge put it, 鈥渁 lot of newsrooms would have run screaming away from.鈥

Donald Trump speaking at his 2017 inauguration.

Now that Trump鈥檚 on the 蜜糖直播 ballot, here鈥檚 what鈥檚 next

March 4, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled neither 蜜糖直播 nor any other state can remove Donald Trump鈥檚 name from the ballot based on the 14th Amendment and actions leading up the the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Get Professor Doug Spencer鈥檚 take.

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Police pullback linked to increases in crime

Feb. 28, 2024

A study of 78 Denver neighborhoods found that when police pulled back their activity amid COVID-19 lockdowns and in the wake of George Floyd's death in 2020, crime generally increased. But not every neighborhood was impacted the same.

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Moore v. United States: A Supreme Court case that could upend the tax code

Feb. 13, 2024

The case is a 鈥渟tructural threat鈥 to the income tax system as we know it, according to a 蜜糖直播 law professor and tax specialist. Sloan Speck gives his take on Moore v. U.S.

Vladimir Lenin (center) in Moscow's Red Square.

A bit less visibly, Lenin鈥檚 ghost still haunts Russia

Feb. 12, 2024

This year is the 100th anniversary of the death of the Soviet Union鈥檚 first communist leader, whose legacy in Russia and former Soviet republics is complicated.

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鈥楴o girls allowed鈥: What the Taylor Swift backlash says about football and politics

Feb. 8, 2024

This year, the pop megastar has become a regular at Kansas City Chiefs NFL games, but not everyone is happy about seeing her on screen. 蜜糖直播 Boulder鈥檚 Jamie Skerski gives her take on why Swift is facing such a backlash, and how it reflects a boys-only culture in the world of football.

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Open data: Natural Hazards Center-NOAA report explores questions, offers answers

Feb. 2, 2024

Findings from a recent workshop on open data publication and reuse in social science research are now available. Read more about the pitfalls and promises of policy guidance that requires researchers of all disciplines to make publications and data publicly available.

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蜜糖直播 voters divided on election integrity, agree state is too expensive

Jan. 29, 2024

In a new survey of 蜜糖直播 voters, 75% of self-identified Democrats agreed that 鈥渆lections across the country will be conducted fairly and accurately" in 2024. Only 46% of independents and 41% of Republicans shared the sentiment.

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Why we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan. 26, 2024

Thomas Pegelow Kapalan鈥攑rofessor of Holocaust studies focusing on modern German-Jewish history, histories of violence and language鈥攕hares his take on the significance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, its historical context and its impact on shaping collective memory.

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