While the president has a broad range of immigration and national security powers, he cannot change US law on his own.
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Inaugural addresses that newly minted presidents have given over the past 250 years have aimed to do several key things, including unify the country and establish the speaker’s qualifications for the job.
Donald Trump said he wanted to make the US the crypto capital of the world.
The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period of just days.
Our social connections and interactions form networks. Studying these networks reveal the ways in which both memes and viruses travel through populations
The first national youth poet laureate in the United States taps into the power of generativity, a concept that refers to creating a legacy that lasts beyond our lifetimes to shape future generations.
From a global perspective, there was nothing unique about the recent raid on the U.S. Capitol. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have backed military coups around the world for decades.
After four tumultuous years under Donald Trump, Joe Biden becomes president and pledges to advocate for unity and healing.
Joe Biden has said he wants to create a cabinet that “looks like America.” But getting racialized people into powerful positions should be a means to tackle structural inequalities, not a goal in and of itself.
Far-right activists and white supremacists may choose to create what they call their “1776 moment” closer to home.
What happens over the next four years in Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration could have a lasting impact on how childhood is understood and experienced in the United States and beyond.
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Professor, Department of Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Youth Development, Bishop's University
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Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
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Associate professor, Human Rights Studies, King's University College, Western University
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Full Professor of Early Modern Drama, Jarislowsky Chair of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence, Bishop's University
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Professor of Mathematics, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, York University, Canada
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Professor of Teacher Education, University of Toronto
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Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair, University of Birmingham
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Assistant Professor, Child & Youth Studies, Brock University
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Assistant Professor of Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy, Michigan State University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Political History Curator, Smithsonian Institution
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Clinical Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director, USC Immigration Clinic, University of Southern California