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Former President Donald Trump is set to turn himself in to authorities today at a downtown Manhattan courthouse, less than one week after his criminal indictment landed.
As media closely followed the play-by-play of Trump’s departure from Mar-a-Lago and arrival in New York City via private plane yesterday, I couldn’t help but feel like I was sitting in a theater, waiting for the curtains to draw open and an anxiously awaited show to begin.
Trump might indeed undertake the infamous perp walk today, greeting photographers, police and demonstrators – and leaving the public with visuals that will surely go down in history. Or, security concerns could push Trump to take a much quieter route into the courthouse.
The perp walk – generally considered a walk of shame for alleged criminals – has a relatively recent history in the United States, explains Mary Angela Bock, a journalism scholar and perp walk expert. But it’s “not likely to satisfy the yearnings of those who want so badly to see him punished for his alleged crime,” Bock writes.
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Amy Lieberman
Politics + Society Editor
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Police officers stand outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse ahead of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment on April 4, 2023.
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Mary Angela Bock, The University of Texas at Austin
A perp walk is often seen as a walk of shame for accused criminals. But this norm is likely to backfire in the case of Trump if he tries to create a public spectacle when he is booked in court.
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Science + Technology
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Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University
The Artemis II mission is scheduled for launch in late 2024 and is a critical step towards NASA’s goals of establishing a permanent human presence on and near the Moon.
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Osman Ozbulut, University of Virginia
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Education
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Felecia Commodore, Old Dominion University
Despite what’s happening on the most prestigious campuses, fewer than a third of presidents at American colleges and universities are women.
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Economy + Business
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Erica Neuman, University of Dayton
An accounting expert points out that income Americans previously thought was invisible to the IRS will now be tallied up and reported by Venmo and similar apps.
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Ethics + Religion
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Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University
Religious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by influences as diverse as Gandhi, the Black church, Greek classics and Buddhism.
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Environment + Energy
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Stefan Lovgren, University of Nevada, Reno
Putting a dollar value on nature has staunch opponents who say it’s morally wrong, but without it, building dams and other infrastructure can run roughshod over vital ecosystems.
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Karen A. Spiller, University of New Hampshire; Prakash Kashwan, Brandeis University
Food forests are urban oases that pack a lot into small spaces, including food production, local cooling and social connections.
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Politics + Society
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James D. Long, University of Washington; Victor Menaldo, University of Washington
For the first time, a former US president has been indicted, and two scholars describe what it means for democracy – and for them.
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Kimberly Cowell-Meyers, American University School of Public Affairs; Carolyn Gallaher, American University School of International Service
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