by Ellis Cose During the first term of Barack Obama’s presidency, my then 8-year-old daughter asked a simple question. “Why do Black people have a special month?” […]
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DeSantis targets nonprofit theater
by Scott Maxwell Gov. Ron DeSantis took his culture warring to new extremes last week, trying to yank a nonprofit theater’s liquor license because it allowed another […]
Biden’s opening pitch for a second term
by Carl P. Leubsdorf Like prior presidents, Joe Biden used his State of the Union speech to build on his achievements and to lay the basis for […]
Last week’s bad news — lost and found
by Martin Schram Two big blips of downright infuriating news flashed across our news screens last week. But both vanished quickly, swamped by the next gush of […]
Trump’s wall settles into costly afterlife
by Francis Wilkinson Donald Trump’s signature border wall is morphing in strange and costly ways — even as it seems to play little role in stemming illegal […]
Biden’s successes were made possible by Obama
by David A. Hopkins It’s a safe bet that President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address to brag about his many policy accomplishments […]
How do you win voters on gun control?
Meet them where they are — in front of the TV by George Skelton It is very rare that anything monumental gets done in America’s political system […]
Teach Black history — don’t ban it
by Tracey L. Rogers When Republican President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he called on Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the […]
NewsGuard tested ChatGPT’s potential for misinformation
by Jim Warren The Oscar-nominated short film “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” could be the name for Silicon […]
Idea of raising retirement age is back
by Michael Hiltzik The people who are in the forefront of pushing Social Security “reform” by cutting benefits have gotten pretty good at hiding their intentions behind […]