We are approaching Independence Day this year as a nation in turmoil, leaving many in search of peace.
"DC should be a state. Pass it on." That's the message supporters of D.C. statehood pushed on social media late last week as the U.S. House of…
Donald Trump is responsible for a fair amount of badness in the 3 { years he's served as president of the United States: Dismantling and denig…
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Commentators have been busy trying to discern what Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. was up to when he joined the Supreme Court's four liberal…
Right about now, the state and county fair season would normally be in full swing. For the elephants and camels who are forced to plod in endl…
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The effectiveness of DNA testing and searches of the national DNA database is well-known. Over the last three decades, 137 wrongly convicted p…
The federal government's response to COVID-19 has been haphazard, mismanaged and ultimately deadly. Yet the Trump administration is trumpeting…
In November, a new generation of California voters will have the opportunity to restore affirmative action in the state. Assembly Constitution…
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The COVID-19 pandemic caused a huge spike in layoffs, leaving tens of millions of Americans without the employer-sponsored health insurance th…
Attorney General William P. Barr sat down for an interview with NPR and did little to dispel the impression that he's run his office in ways t…
Our country's systemic racism combined with inequities exacerbated by COVID-19 threaten a 15-year trend of improving educational advancements …
As part of their plans to support economic recovery from the covid-19 crisis, both the White House and congressional Democrats are working on …
A recent exhibit at the Quad-City Arts Gallery in Rock Island had my name written all over it, as the saying goes.
This is an emergency.
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The protests over George Floyd's death radiated out from south Minneapolis to the world. But in Minnesota, at least, they've so far failed to …
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The protesters occupying America's streets are rightly outraged over the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and so many others, and the …
