Brazil held a presidential election a couple weeks ago. Here’s how The Wall Street Journal reported the result: “Brazilians elected Luiz ‘Lula’ da Silva to the presidency […]
Opinion
COLUMN: James Okonkwo shows flashes of promised potential
The spark was unexpected and was one of those moments that if you blinked, you probably missed it. For the better part of 30 minutes, West Virginia’s […]
Helping create peace at the polls
by Melinda Burrell I love getting my “I Voted” sticker on Election Day, after chatting with other voters in line and carefully following poll workers’ instructions for […]
What plastic bag ban? Calif. stores still doling out disposable sacks
Didn’t we ban single-use plastic shopping bags in California? Yes — in 2014, though the law didn’t take effect until two years later because the plastic industry […]
Get ready for election month
Election denialism spreads among GOP candidates by Doyle McManus Don’t expect to learn the results of this year’s midterm contests on election night. Just as in 2020, […]
Small airplane seats will become safety hazards
More than 25,000 Americans have responded to the Federal Aviation Administration’s request for comment to “assist the agency” in deciding whether minimum seat dimensions should be mandated […]
‘The most difficult rape myth for people to grasp’ spelled out at trial
by Melinda Henneberger What you think you know about how rape victims act is probably wrong, and there’s a reason for that: It seems intuitive that anyone […]
Who let Trump run out the clock on tax returns? The courts
by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court’s stay of a congressional demand for Donald Trump’s taxes is almost certainly the final nail in the coffin of Democrats’ efforts […]
Everything to know for Election Day
Election Day is just two days away, and if you didn’t go to early voting, we hope you’re preparing to hit the polls on Tuesday. To help […]
Nov. 6 letters to the editor
Getting sick of dirty politics, attack ads Why is it that political ads have to be so nasty and hateful? I mean, what a person does in […]