Like many people, each day my eyes lightly scan the “morning update” emails from the news organizations I subscribe to. But the first lines of the New York Times’s “The Morning” email written by David Leonhardt on May 3 hooked me: “Let me start with a disclaimer,” he wrote. “The subject of today’s newsletter will […]

For the Democrats, less may have been more.  Well aware that President Joe Biden’s disastrous policies have inflicted incalculable damage on the United States, that he is incapable of speaking without the aid of a teleprompter, and that his spavined physique screams weakness, party leaders made a calculated decision to use lawfare to defeat former […]

A group of Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate are calling on heads of the Treasury Department, Federal Reserve Board and other financial regulators to ensure equitable banking access for Muslim Americans and immigrants Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — in a letter sent Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen,...

With increasing awareness of the fragile state of our democracy, we need to go back to teaching civics.

Michael Cohen is set to retake the stand Thursday, the third day this week he is doing so as a star witness in former President Trump’s hush money trial. He will undergo further cross-examination by Trump’s attorney, who at the start of the proceeding attempted to paint the former president’s ex-personal attorney as someone who...

If your coup does not succeed, try, try again. 

Mental health is a critical element in overall health care. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental health conditions now account for nearly a quarter of all maternal deaths in the United States, and one out of eight new moms experiences postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a health condition that can...

Toxic "forever chemicals" are entering the Great Lakes through both precipitation and the air — reaching cities of all sizes along the U.S. and Canadian shores, a new study has found. Levels of the compounds — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — remain uniform in precipitation across the lakes but vary in the air depending...

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is expected to recover after he was shot many times Wednesday, according to officials. “I guess in the end he will survive,” Deputy Prime Minister Tomas Taraba told reporters, according to The Associated Press, adding, “He’s not in a life-threatening situation at this moment.” Fico was shot Wednesday after holding...

The MOMS Act ensures that women are supported at every stage and in every way during pregnancy and the early years of motherhood.