by Andrew Reiner Recently, I was sitting in the cafe of a large chain grocery store when two employees walked by. One of them must have been […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
As an L.A. teacher, I want you to know what a lockdown feels like
by Marisa Crabtree Two days after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, we had a 15-minute lockdown at the Los Angeles high school where I’m a teacher. […]
Bring back the child tax credit
by Julia Raifman and Allison Bovell-Ammon Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and increased inflation, 15% of households with children reported food insufficiency in March and April of […]
Today’s Republicans are failing the nation
by Jackie Calmes Today is the 50th anniversary of the Watergate burglary that would end Richard M. Nixon’s presidency two years later. By then, his vice president […]
The Republicans’ three-pronged strategy to win back the House
by Ramesh Ponnuru President Joe Biden’s job approval is lower than Barack Obama’s or Donald Trump’s at this point in their presidencies. Each of those predecessors saw […]
Day of remembrance for COVID victims
by Sarah E. Wagner, Roy R. Grinker and Joel C. Kuipers In New York City, a woman opens her laptop to a bar graph showing the number […]
Artificial intelligence could help brick-and-mortar stores
by Brian Onorio Before COVID-19, financial pundits were busy predicting the inevitable death of brick-and-mortar retail stores. But two years later, we Americans are emerging from the […]
NRA money distorts gun debates
by Rekha Basu On March 15, 22-year-old Eden Montang of Ames, Iowa, made an Instagram post about red flags, a topic that, uncannily, is now being debated […]
Supreme Court once more weakens protections for violated rights
by Erwin Chemerinsky Rights only have meaning if there are remedies when they are violated, but the Supreme Court last Wednesday once more limited the ability of […]
Social Security trustees say U.S. rich enough to expand benefits
by Michael Hiltzik The army of perennial doomsayers about the financial condition of Social Security had to be a little crestfallen after the release of the program […]
