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Our expectations are so low that conviction for a blatant, obvious murder feels like redemption. That's not enough Read More
We have to trust that the jury in the Derek Chauvin case got it right when it found the former Minneapolis cop guilty of murder and... Read More
Most cities respond to even egregious police misconduct with denial and defensiveness. That's why the Justice Department needs to compel... Read More
President Biden claimed that Derek Chauvin's conviction on Tuesday "ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism"... Read More
His 1984 campaign was a political obituary for a party. Read More
President Biden's White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, made news this week when she tried to explain that her boss, when he referred to... Read More
Others have said it, but since top Republicans haven't taken it to heart, the message bears repeating: With all due respect, you've got to... Read More
The push to decouple skepticism from science turns schoolchildren into victims Read More
Venture just an hour outside of the city and life is shockingly normal. On Saturday morning, I drove with friends to Marshall, Virginia Read More
House Democrats have approved DC statehood in a party-line vote. Now the proposal goes to the Senate, where its prospects are more grim. Read More
In March, Amazon censored a well-produced and popular documentary, dropping it from its digital video offerings. Yet the company still... Read More
A trustworthy and enduring democracy includes all voices. It gives all serious perspectives a chance to be heard. When dialogue ends,... Read More
President Joe Biden is already starting to push people too far with his constant refrains about how racist this country is. Read More
We cannot expect police convictions to save anyone's lives, because they didn't even save George Floyd's life Read More
The pervasive sense that cities would burn if Derek Chauvin were not convicted raises questions about whether the jury's verdict was reached... Read More
Both cases keep at the forefront the conversation of how police officers routinely fail to deescalate a situation when it comes to... Read More
“Believe your own eyes” — that was the prosecutor’s final admonition to the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial. And... Read More
Biden’s plan to spend billions on health, home care and education is good economics and politics Read More
Joe Biden needed to talk to a family member, and the message, Politico later reported, was blunt. “For Christ’s sake,” the... Read More
Cases are rising mainly in states with stricter disease control policies. Read More
Amazon Workers Spoke. It's Important to Hear Them Read More
In the spring of 2009, the cover of Time magazine declared Republicans an “endangered species.” Fast-forward 12... Read More
The language we use to discuss immigration is dehumanizing: 'catch and release', 'migrant caravans', swarms – anything, in other words,... Read More
Voters didn't always like Trump's tone, but they broadly supported his strategy at the border. Read More
I’m occasionally tempted to view Bush, with his paintbrush and his easel haunted by the dead, as a tragic figure. Certainly many of the... Read More
For a long time, war-torn Syria had four points of entry for life-saving food and medicine for its desperate citizens. Today there is only... Read More
According to a new census report, the share of children living in single-parent homes more than doubled over the past 50 years. Read More
During his closing argument, Steve Schleicher, one of the prosecutors trying the former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George... Read More
LeBron James is a buffoon. For years, he has used his power and incomplete information to tell his worshippers the country is evil. Read More
A trustworthy and enduring democracy includes all voices. It gives all serious perspectives a chance to be heard. When dialogue ends,... Read More
All Americans of good will and common sense must oppose the spread of this pernicious ideology. Read More
Editorial: The conviction of a police officer was a landmark moment. Can an exceptional case bring the broader changes needed? Read More
Yet the mainstream press still has the audacity to label conservative news sites as unreliable. Read More
Reports out of D.C. raise questions about Xavier Becerra's Health and Human Services Department and the processing of unaccompanied minors.... Read More
Joe Biden needed to talk to a family member, and the message, Politico later reported, was blunt. “For Christ’s sake,” the then-presidential candidate told his younger brother, Frank, “watch yourself. Don’t get sucked into something that would, first of all, hurt you.”The Biden family, like other political families before it, had and still has assorted business interests. If not proper Read More
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had just been found guilty on all counts when the family of George Floyd took a phone call in a hallway of the Hennepin County Courthouse. It was the president. He was on speakerphone.“Nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now there is some justice,” Joe Biden told the grieving family before promising that Floyd’s 7-year-old daug Read More
America is a country of over 300 million people. We are comprised of every shape, size, nationality, and opinion. This diversity has proven to be one of our greatest strengths.However, if you listened to largely white liberal media personalities and elite CEOs, you wouldn’t know this. According to liberal orthodoxy, all Blacks think alike, and all Blacks support Black Lives Matter, and all Black Read More
