by Brian Butcher and Ixya Vega June of this year saw devastating floods ravage our neighborhoods. After the claims were filed, the discussions were held, the explanations given, our working […]
Opinion
The premature death knell for coal
A transition away from carbon-based fuels to alternative and renewable energy is underway in this country and around the world. However, the simplicity of that often-repeated statement belies the rocky […]
To keep cost of BBB down, take out the SALT cap increase
Speaking of Build Back Better … Moderates on the left side of the Senate aisle and all senators to the right continue to insist the price tag is too much, […]
Calif. Gov. Newsom parodies Texas ban
by Noah Feldman If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That’s the spirit of the law proposed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to empower private citizens to sue anyone who […]
After Smollett case, Foxx’s ‘progressive’ approach faces more trial
by Clarence Page EDITOR’S NOTE: Leonard Pitts is on vacation. His next column will appear Jan. 6. As a Cook County, Ill., jury last week found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of […]
Climate change gets worse while Manchin protects coal interests
Last Friday evening, a “horde” of tornadoes, as the New York Times called it, tore through Kentucky, Illinois, Tennessee and Missouri. Kentucky was hit the hardest — struck by five […]
Union victory at a single Starbucks a good sign for the labor movement
by Steven Greenhouse Last week’s union victory at a single Starbucks in Buffalo, N.Y., may seem small, but it has huge symbolic importance. It is the only one of Starbucks’ […]
Putin knows President Biden is weak
President Biden’s virtual meeting last Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin might be thought of as a final check-up before Russian troops invade Ukraine. Biden has displayed nothing but weakness […]
Peddlers of fake news wreak havoc in the real world
Normally, the St. Louis-based website The Gateway Pundit can and should be laughed off as right-wing, fake-news nonsense. But as Reuters recently reported, the site’s false allegations of election fraud […]
America’s most secretive utility
by Timothy L. O’Brien Amazon.com Inc.’s ubiquitous cloud-computing network, the spine for a lot of digital communications and transactions across the U.S., went dark for several hours last Tuesday. Here […]
