(THE CONVERSATION) American democracy is straining under countless pressures, many of them rooted in structural problems that go back to the nation’s founding. Chief among them is the “pick one” ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ismar Volić, Wellesley College; Andy Schultz, Wellesley College, and David McCune, ...
ALBANY — New York’s highest court has rejected an effort by the town of Newburgh to strike down a key section of the state’s voting rights law, which will allow a lawsuit that accuses the town of ...
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest announced plans to change the voting system of the popular musical extravaganza to ensure fairness, a move that follows allegations of ...
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Advances in technology have greatly accelerated scientific understanding of vision and the brain. Researchers can now routinely record the activity of thousands of neurons at the same time and pair ...
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Monday, Dec. 1 on a bipartisan bill to allow the NCAA, and potentially the newly formed College Sports Commission, to create and enforce national ...
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration says he won’t forget the 67 people who died when an airliner collided with an ...