Trump wants to diminish overall Black and Latino turnout to make it easier to win the election with only white voters. This strategy isn't... Read More
Imagine for a moment that this is how Senate Republicans had used their power over the past three and a half years: Objected to the... Read More
When I was a young boy growing up in Canada, I read a children’s book that changed my life. It was the “How and Why Wonder Book... Read More
Iam not the first to remark on the strange nature of time these days — the way months seem to compress into the span of weeks, while... Read More
No one can criticize Black Lives Matter without being fired or ostracized, so how can we expect the average American to chime in for a... Read More
Black Lives Matter protests since George Floyd's death have finally given millions of Americans renewed language to discuss the messy reality... Read More
Tuesday, Twitter reminded NFL player-turned-actor Terry Crews that Jack Dorsey's social media app taxes its popular users for expressing... Read More
Seven years ago, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the taxpayer-funded U.S. broadcasting agency and its flagship media outlet, the... Read More
The idea that the Chief Justice is dedicated to overturning Roe v. Wade seems fanciful in light of his latest opinion on abortion rights. Read More
This legislation was not a matter of the underlying legality of abortion. Instead, it made sure that women in abortion clinics would be... Read More
On this 244th anniversary of Independence Day, there is malaise across the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” Those... Read More
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jay Powell admitted we have experienced a welcome bounce back in economic activity, and have done so... Read More
The president leads a transition to sickness. Read More
We celebrate Independence Day in America this week. Despite our imperfect history, the United States is an exceptional country that still... Read More
Patriotism is about the adoption of anti-racism on the part of white Americans. Read More
Independence Day has largely become a day for barbecue and furniture sales. For many Americans, however, it remains an important day of... Read More
Past presidents used the parks to inspire and unite. Trump sees them as backdrops for self-serving, divisive campaign rallies Read More
What kinds of political vultures sit around bobbing their nasty little heads in search of rotten carrion after a human catastrophe? Well,... Read More
Biden has a wide lead because the American political landscape has changed. Read More
Public opinion polls appear to portend a Biden victory in November, but the former Vice President will almost certainly succumb to the same... Read More
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Last week, historian David Blight and history student Griffin Black attempted to score political points at my expense with a Washington Post... Read More
Sixteen states have reported record caseloads since Sunday. Read More
He wanted to look good for his day in court, and that meant a blue suit made by British tailor Richard James, a blue double-cuffed dress... Read More
In less than two weeks, former Trump political advisor Roger Stone must report to prison. Although the President has been signaling that he... Read More
Jeffrey Epstein’s victims have another shot at justice. Here’s hoping they get it. Ghislaine Maxwell, the alleged child sex... Read More
White House press secretaries make a good salary—around $183,000 a year, almost half the president's pay. But taxpayers are getting a... Read More
This week, it was announced that Tucker Carlson Tonight recorded the highest-rated quarter for a cable news show ever. That statistic was... Read More
Instead, Trump's plans for an event at Mount Rushmore are causing even more division. Read More
Let's see where we are today by comparing a few passages from our founding document with current events. Read More
The country must agree on simple precautions in order to save lives. Read More
June saw the largest one-month jobs gains — and biggest drop in unemployment — in American history. That's a clear sign the... Read More
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — President Donald Trump will begin his Independence Day weekend on Friday with a patriotic display of fireworks at Mount Rushmore before a crowd of thousands, but even in a part of the country where many remain supportive of the president, the event has drawn controversy and protests.Trump is expected to speak at the event, which has issued 7,500 tickets to watch firework Read More
NEW YORK (AP) — Supporters of abortion rights are elated, foes of abortion dismayed and angry, but they agree on one consequence of the Supreme Court’s first major abortion ruling since President Donald Trump took office: The upcoming election is crucial to their cause.Both sides also say Monday’s ruling is not the last word on state-level abortion restrictions. One abortion rights leader Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring.The nation has now recovered roughly one-third of the 22 million jobs it lost to the pandemic recession. And with confirmed coronavirus c Read More
