Four scholars weigh in on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech, exploring his statements on immigration, childhood poverty, the border wall and the investigations into his campaign.
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After 1.3 million migrants from the Middle East and Africa came to Europe in 2015, many countries built fences or closed their ports. That has pushed migrants to take riskier routes into the EU.
The partial shut-down has ratcheted up tensions within the Republican party and added to speculation that President Trump will face a primary challenge some time before the 2020 presidential election.
With its tales of bloody violence, corruption, international trade and entrepreneurial innovation, Guzmán’s trial offers a telenovela-style explainer on Mexican cartels and their American clients.
Trump and other leaders use the word ‘crisis’ to claim there’s an emergency that demands urgent action. A leadership expert explains how to evaluate those claims.
History shows that Congress can play an important role in checking a president’s power.
Trump, Schumer and Pelosi have fallen into a classic negotiation trap that often prevents deals from getting made, which has led to the shutdown stalemate.
We asked experts on ethics, constitutional law and European political history to analyze Trump’s Oval Office address. Here’s what they heard in his speech about ‘crisis’ at the US-Mexico border.
The popular opinion is that presidents win government shutdowns, but a review of polling evidence paints a different picture.
One of the largest concentrations of poverty in the US exists in communities at the US-Mexico border called ‘colonias.’ These informal settlements lack access to basic infrastructure.
Free trade requires not just the free movement of goods, but of people too. If Donald Trump really wants the U.S. to have a competitive advantage, he should be encouraging more, not fewer, migrants.
The fault lines between highly segregated neighbourhoods have been linked to higher crime rates and mental health issues.
A legal scholar explains how even in the early days of the republic, Americans struggled to agree on who had the final say on immigration issues.
Donald Trump’s proposed border wall will destroy historic and ancient sites, violate the rights of Indigenous populations and cause misery to those seeking a better life. What’s more? It won’t work.
Top contributors
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California
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Professor of Law, Elon University
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Assistant Research Scientist, Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, New York University
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
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Assistant Professor of Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies, University of Oregon
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Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division, Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley
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Professor of Teaching of History, Wayne State University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Assistant professor of government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph
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Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Montana
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Professor of Social Work, Nursing and Global Public Health, New York University
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Assistant Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs