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FBI agents at a news conference announce the addition of Daniel Andreas San Diego, top right, to the FBI’s list of most-wanted terrorists in April 2009 at FBI Headquarters in Washington. AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File

December 13, 2024

FBI director guides the agency in confronting complex international threats, investigating federal crimes and running 55 field offices

Javed Ali, University of Michigan

The FBI investigates everything from terrorist threats to cybercrime to public corruption. What does the presidentially nominated, Senate-confirmed head of the sprawling agency actually do?

Rescue workers stand on the rubble following a Russian rocket attack on a residential apartment block, in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine on July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

July 11, 2022

The war in Ukraine: A no‑win situation for the left

Christopher Powell, Toronto Metropolitan University

Those on the political left are conflicted: Supporting military aid to Ukraine involves siding with U.S. imperialism, but opposing military aid means condoning Russian atrocities in Ukraine.

Beards? Yes. Masks? Perhaps not. Wikimedia Commons

July 21, 2021

Why a 19th‑century Russian anarchist is relevant to the mask and vaccine debate

Michael Locke McLendon, California State University, Los Angeles

John Locke and John Stuart Mill don’t provide much in the way of justification for ignoring public health advice in a pandemic. Mikhail Bakunin, however…

New York police officers at the Time Warner Center, Oct. 25, 2018, in New York after report of a suspicious package at CNN. AP/Craig Ruttle

October 30, 2018

Bombs are part of American political history

Keith Brown, Arizona State University

Bombs have long been a tool for devotees of the range of fringe American political thought. From anarchists to racists, their methods have wrought havoc – but also have created backlash.

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