As the line between legal authority and political will blurs with each new confrontation, federalism remains a simultaneously central and unresolved force in American life.
The departure of California from the United States may seem implausible. However, a growing number of residents say they would vote for the state to become a nation independent of the United States.
ICE impersonators are not a bug in the system; they are a feature, an entirely predictable consequence of the Trump administration’s attempt to create a violent division between native-born Americans and immigrants of any sort.
In the wake of the mass shooting at Brown University—and of mass shootings across the United States—media coverage choices influence public health consequences.
