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Joe Biden, the US president, followed the announcement of his abandonment of his bid to be returned to the White House in November with a glowing endorsement of the vice-president, Kamala Harris. Many of the Democratic party’s big beasts have followed suit. Harris starts the race with several big advantages, and now has enough delegates to win the Democrats' presidential nomination.
On the other side of the aisle, Donald Trump and his team will have to rethink their strategy. Having spent weeks poking malicious fun at “Sleepy Joe” for being too old and frail to govern, now suddenly it’s Trump whose age will be a campaign issue.
Abortion rights, meanwhile, could now be the defining issue in the first presidential election since Roe v Wade was overturned.
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Vice President Kamala Harris attends a political event on July 17, 2024, in Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Stephen J. Farnsworth, University of Mary Washington
Kamala Harris’ career as a prosecutor lets her use law-and-order themes to fight back against America’s first convicted felon former president.
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Prudence Flowers, Flinders University
Harris is assertive and confident on the issue, while Trump and his running mate seem to be at odds over strategy.
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Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne
Now that President Biden has pulled out of the race, let’s look at the numbers we have for a Harris vs Trump contest.
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Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College
With President Joe Biden out of the presidential race, the Democratic Party will have to find another nominee. Past methods of choosing have had their flaws, but also their successes.
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Bavesh Kana, University of the Witwatersrand
The only vaccination against TB is more than 100 years old. Gene-editing has made it more effective.
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Chau Minh Nguyen, HEC Montréal; Marcelo Vinhal Nepomuceno, HEC Montréal
Musicians often face suspicions when they openly support charity causes. However, if they do this regularly, advocacy could enhance their popularity and music sales.
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Tom Vickers, Nottingham Trent University
The recent ballot of GMB members at Amazon’s Coventry site gives useful insights into how to stand up to large employers.
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Belinda Wheaton, University of Waikato; Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato
Hosting the Olympic surfing half a world away from the host city of Paris has highlighted just how hard it is for mega-events to be truly environmentally sustainable.
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Anne Toomey McKenna, University of Richmond
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that means for the trade-off between security and privacy.
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Laura Carey, University of the West of Scotland
My team have studied the brainwaves of expert golfers to understand what it takes to hit the perfect putt.
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