Editor's note
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While it may feel the U.S. is becoming even further divided on the issue of immigration, the data simply don’t support that feeling. According to Tufts University public opinion scholar Deborah Schildkraut, a majority of Americans across parties, race and time agree on one of the most essential questions on immigration reform: giving undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship. President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies are instead, she says, a result of the old adage: “it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.”
U.S. charitable donations hit a record $410 billion last year, as the stock market boomed and other economic conditions favored more generosity overall. But the new tax law could discourage many donors this year, argue Una Osili and Sasha Zarins of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.
The shooting in an Annapolis newsroom last week has renewed the debate over American gun culture. And this wasn’t the only gun-related news in June. Just about a week prior, a pastor –
and trained emergency responder – shot dead a carjacker coming out of a Walmart in Oakville, Washington. Case Western’s Steve Pinkerton says that the story of the gun-wielding American preacher has recurred with “remarkable persistence in U.S. history and culture,” appealing perhaps to a belief that such a figure “carries the authority to discharge God’s justice.”
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Top stories
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Immigration activists outside the White House in Washington.
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Deborah Schildkraut, Tufts University
Public opinion data on immigration show support across parties and ideologies on a key immigration issue over time.
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In June, 2009, people were invited to bring their firearms without bullets during a service at the New Bethel Church Louisville, Ky.
AP Photo/Ed Reinke, Pool
Steve Pinkerton, Case Western Reserve University
There is a long line of well-armed American preachers -- both real and fictional -- in US history and culture, confirming perhaps the view that true justice cannot be enforced by institutions alone.
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Charitable giving hit record levels in 2017.
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Una Osili, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; Sasha Zarins, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Total gifts from individual donors are rising, at least for now.
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Politics + Society
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Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a former Mexico City mayor and career outsider, won Mexico's July 1 presidential election in a landslide. The US-Mexico relationship is about to change.
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Alison Gash, University of Oregon
A legal scholar explains why Kennedy's opinions on same-sex relationship rest on fragile constitutional grounds.
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Enrique Armijo, Elon University
With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, President Trump will appoint a second justice to the Supreme Court. Will his nominees be impartial if Trump ends up in the court because of the Russia probe?
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Economy + Business
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Stephen J. Silvia, American University School of International Service
Trump has often talked about leaving the World Trade Organization. An economist explains what it is and what would happen if the president had his way.
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Bryan Keogh, The Conversation; Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
The president says immigration is bad for the US economy. Economists disagree.
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From our International Editions
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James Dyke, University of Southampton; Tim Lenton, University of Exeter
We have long wondered why Earth has stayed habitable enough for life to evolve over billions of years.
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Alexandra Hansen, The Conversation
All five experts said BMI is not ideal for determining the health of your weight.
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Jamie Gruman, University of Guelph
How can you ensure you have a successful summer vacation and don't return more tired and stressed than when you left? Follow a few simple tips.
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