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What a stronger Europe means for America

Executive Director of Penn Washington Celeste Wallander says that a more capable and independent Europe will be more willing to defy U.S. priorities and make demands for cooperation.

Democrats are getting richer. It’s not helping

Yphtach Lelkes of the Annenberg School for Communication says the Democratic Party lost its working-class image years ago.

Diana Mutz wins the ASA Methodology Section’s Innovation Award

Mutz, Samuel A. Stouffer Professor of Political Science and Communication and director of the Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics is recognized for her contribution to sociological methodology.

Selection of a portrait of Thomas Muntzer from 1609.

The 500-year legacy of a political thinker

Five hundred years ago this spring, about 8,000 armed peasants gathered outside the village of Frankenhausen in what is now Germany.Their stand ended in disaster, with thousands dead from an artillery barrage, and their spiritual leader, radical theologian Thomas Müntzer, was beheaded two weeks later after a torture-filled interrogation.

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Autonomous weapon systems: No human-in-the-loop required, and other myths dispelled

Michael C. Horowitz of the School of Arts & Sciences and Perry World House authors a piece about autonomous weapon systems.

Voters fear competence more than bungling from Trump

A poll by the Annenberg Public Policy Center found bipartisan support for the power of the courts to restrain presidential power.

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says

The Annenberg School for Communication’s SCIMaP shows the impact of federal health-research cuts.

Top row: Dennis Discher, Michael Correa-Jones, and Cherie Kagan. Bottom row: Sophie Rosenfeld and Susan Weiss.

Five Penn faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Dennis E. Discher, Michael Jones-Correa, Cherie R. Kagan, Sophia Rosenfeld, and Susan R. Weiss are being recognized for their contributions to engineering, political science, history, and biology.

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I tried 10 different drinks to help me sleep and this is the best one

Matt Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses a recent survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center which shows that most Americans support the role of the courts and Congress as checks on presidential power.

For survivors of clergy sex abuse in Pa. and beyond, Pope Francis changed little

Marci Hamilton of the School of Arts & Sciences says Pope Francis was relatively progressive on LGBTQ issues but did not act forcefully enough in support of clerical-abuse victims.

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