By Celina Su, Professor of Political Science, CUNY Graduate Center
Participatory budgeting makes the people involved more likely to vote – an important consideration in a city like Detroit where many don’t.
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By Allison Mashell Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Civil Rights Studies, University of Notre Dame
After the Voting Rights Act, federal election observers helped ensure fair voting, but that oversight has increasingly shifted focus − to monitor what Washington says is voter fraud and accusations of cheating.
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By Adam Annaccone, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington
Significant public resources are spent on staffing, overtime, EMS staging, traffic control and interagency coordination that are integral to a successful event.
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By Reid Kress Weisbord, Distinguished Professor of Law and Judge Norma Shapiro Scholar, Rutgers University - Newark
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
When Michael Jackson died in 2009,his fairly straightforward 5-page will left everything he owned to a family trust – an estate planning technique for giving away property that allows for privacy. The trust benefits Jackson’s three children and
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By Will Rice, Associate Professor of Outdoor Recreation and Wildland Management, University of Montana
Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Penn State
Being in public parks and natural environments with other visitors is a powerful opportunity to enhance enjoyment rather than detract from it.
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By Imtiaz Rangwala, Senior Research Scientist in Climate, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Streamflows the West relies on for drinking water and farms used to follow a fairly predictable arc as winter snow melted. Rising temperatures are changing that.
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The DOJ wants states to send it copies of voters’ names and addresses as well as sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. Here’s why many states have refused.
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By Dennis Murphy, Ph.D. Student of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
Commercial data centers have become critical infrastructure, supporting everything from financial transactions to government services. And critical infrastructure is often targeted in war.
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By Federico Riva, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University
About 70 per cent of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half of the biomass on the planet, pollinate flowers, decompose dead organic matter and play multiple roles in food webs. They are quite literally everywhere, including in and around our homes, but they have also been declining at alarming rates in many places.
The societal implications of this potential “insectageddon”…
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By Sabrina Rondeau, Postdoctoral Researcher in Pollinator Ecology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Charles-Antoine Darveau, Professor, Department of Biology, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Nigel Raine, Professor/ Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation, University of Guelph
The ability to of queen bumblebees to breathe and survive underwater could play an important — and previously overlooked — role in the resilience of threatened bee populations.
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