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Racing is Not Winning for Indiana Data Centers
by Sam Carpenter, Indiana Capital Chronicle December 3, 2025 This past June and July, my family’s electricity bill jumped by more than 30% compared to…
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High-Risk Policing: Armed Forces vs. Civilians
Smoke and tear gas surround a protester in Los Angeles on June 7, 2025, amid confrontations between immigration rights advocates and law enforcement personnel. Taurat…
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Pope Leo XIV: Vatican’s New Pope
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican shortly after his election as pontiff on May…
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Pope Francis Dies Announces Catholic Church
Pope Francis during the Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square on April 2, 2023, in Vatican City. Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Mathew Schmalz, College of…
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Trade Deficit Isn’t An Emergency
The trade deficit isn’t an emergency – it’s a sign of America’s strength Tarek Alexander Hassan, Boston University When U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sweeping new…
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Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs are Highest in Decades
Bedassa Tadesse, University of Minnesota Duluth President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping new tariffs plan on April 2, 2025, to reshape U.S. trade and boost…
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How Trump Could Stay in Power After Second Term Ends
Donald Trump portrays himself as uniquely strong and powerful. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College President Donald Trump told an NBC interviewer on March…
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Trump Orders Dismantling of DoE
Trump’s executive order to dismantle the Education Department was inspired by the Heritage Foundation’s decades-long disapproval of the agency The Heritage Foundation flag flies over its…
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An Unseen Problem With The Electoral College
A person holds an electoral certificate from the 2020 presidential election on Jan. 6, 2021. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images Barry C. Burden, University of…
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Oh, Christmas tree: The economics of the US holiday tree industry
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University and Patrick Abouchalache, Boston University Christmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the multibillion-dollar business…
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