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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

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Economic inequality is destroying our democracy

“We can either have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few. But we can’t have both,” Supreme...

12.04.2026 5

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Trump’s abuse of emergency powers is the real national emergency

Rule by perpetual emergency is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes. It allows leaders to bypass lawmakers while preserving a veneer of legality. Once...

05.04.2026 7

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Handicapping the midterms: Why the GOP is trying to change the rules

Election Day is still seven months away. Plenty of time, alas, for people who intend to win no matter the cost to free and fair elections.

29.03.2026 7

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Red-state speech laws pose an existential threat to academic freedom

If courts accept the views advanced by Florida and Indiana, legislators could dictate what faculty may say in public university classrooms.

22.03.2026 9

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

When universities punish faculty speech, everyone loses

Universities exist to pursue ideas wherever they may lead. That mission cannot survive if professors must fear, as many now do, that a lecture,...

15.03.2026 4

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Will the Senate learn from its mistakes on Trump’s surgeon general nomination?

Means’s testimony provides abundant evidence that confirming her as the government’s leading spokesperson on public health would reinforce the...

08.03.2026 10

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Let’s not throw the DEI baby out with the bathwater

Tearing down DEI is not the answer. The better approach, as Bill Clinton once said of affirmative action, is to “mend it, not end it.”

01.03.2026 20

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman

Don’t underestimate the UN — Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ is no substitute

If only the Board of Peace, dubbed “The Legion of Doom” by comedian Jimmy Kimmel and led by a chairman who seems bored with peace, remains...

15.02.2026 30

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Glenn C. Altschuler And David Wippman