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Last month, the White House announced that the United States and China had “operationalized” their new Board of Trade. The working procedures, however, say remarkably little about how the board is actually supposed to ...Read more

At the rape crisis center where I was trained in Chicago, we didn’t refer to the criminal justice system. We called it the criminal legal system: because justice, while aspirational, is rarely achieved. As an emergency ...Read more

The federal raid at Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C. on Monday prompted reactions that fell along party lines: celebration from conservative figures and outrage from the Minneapolis Democrat’s supporters.

It...Read more

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has a fantastic sense of humor. At a time when Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has turned central bank “forward guidance” into a banned phrase, the academy awarded the Nobel ...Read more

It’s crunch time on the campaign trail, and the president, vice president, congressional leaders and no shortage of other surrogates are out in force, trying to rally supporters to get out the vote.

House Minority ...Read more

Media critic Ben Bagdikian warned in 2004 that five corporations had accumulated “more communications power than was exercised by any despot or dictatorship in history.” More than 20 years later, a major media ...Read more

One night in 2005, I sat in a church in Texas listening to a lecture by Helen Prejean, the prominent opponent of capital punishment. Her book about her work among death row inmates had been made into the film “Dead Man ...Read more

Russia’s war against Ukraine has become a test of American judgment. This weekend, Russian strikes in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 20 people, including children, according to Ukrainian officials. At ...Read more

Math may not be popular, but it remains undefeated. That’s a problem when it comes to Social Security.

The Congressional Budget Office recently released its new long-term projections for Social Security. It shows that ...Read more

Back in my college days (American University, Washington, D.C.), required reading included the works of Greek playwrights Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Long after graduation they remained on my bookshelf. It was ...Read more

If America sold tap water the way it sells, say, eggs or gasoline, with the price right there in your face every time you consume it, then our national argument about inflation might have looked much different over the ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — Republican incumbent Manny Ramirez says economic strains and high costs of living are top of mind for Hispanic voters that he’s hearing from as he bids for reelection to a Northwest Tarrant County ...Read more

Sometimes it’s the humble actions that matter, which is a lesson for our dangerous time. For years, I’ve volunteered to get out the vote for my preferred candidates. In one election, knocking on doors in a Seattle ...Read more

In rural Modoc County, in California's remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.

Riding through a grassy field, with his dress shoes in ...Read more

Manufactured housing, colloquially known as the “mobile home,” has a reputation for low quality, but that stereotype is outdated. As states grapple with ways to relieve home prices for beleaguered residents, they need ...Read more

Public comments quietly closed Oct. 6 in response to the proposed rescission of the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, an undercelebrated piece of federal legislation that has protected about 58.5 million acres of ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Secretary of State has mailed a thick “Official Voter Information Guide” to every registered voter. It’s jam-packed with helpful material. But one bit should be totally ignored. ...Read more

Social conservatives now assure American women they can still “have it all” if they just do it in sequence, starting with early motherhood and later taking on a job. The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Report ...Read more

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday.

Homeland Security Investigations agents conducted the search. The Department of Justice said in a statement that the raid was “part of an ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — With just a few weeks to go before Election Day, opponents of expanding Idahoans’ access to abortion are turning up the heat.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints on Thursday donated $1 ...Read more