Sanders' rise evokes an earlier race
Ask me which news events I remember most from 1968, and I will say the assassinations of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy. But today's presidential race also evokes memories...
View ArticleSessions’ actions suggest a certain bias
Attorney General Jeff Sessions may outrank alt-right chief strategist Steve Bannon as the most dangerous member of the Trump administration.
View ArticleMost charters are no better than regular public schools
The American education system needs a massive overhaul that recognizes today's realities. Rather than giving parents false hope that the answer is charters, we should put as much emphasis on public...
View ArticleInsurance companies doing fine without an Obamacare repeal
The big insurance companies have found ways to protect their bottom lines by diversifying their business, applying clever accounting devices, and taking advantage of Obamacare's expansion of Medicaid.
View ArticleRacist 'crack wars' approach won't work with opioid epidemic
Public officials from police chiefs to the president decided incarceration was the answer to the drug-related violence that held communities hostage in the 1990s.
View ArticleHow Sanders and the GOP are both trying to kill Obamacare | Editorial
The Trump administration has quietly continued its war on Obamacare by cutting the advertising budget for the law's next enrollment period, which begins Nov. 1.
View ArticleWhy 'To Kill a Mockingbird' should be required reading, not banned | Jackson
Even when people see grown men kneeling on a football field to protest racism, they refuse to believe that's what they're doing. They dismiss the protesters as unpatriotic flag haters.
View ArticleJackson: Unite 'pro-life,' 'pro-choice' movements under 'pro-family' banner
I think of myself as pro-life. I believe too many abortions occur for convenience, not for medical reasons. But it's naive to think protests, court rulings, or any president will ever end abortion.
View ArticleBlack History Month is a failure | Harold Jackson
School districts across the nation should follow Philadelphia's lead, which since 2005 has required students to take an African American history course to graduate.
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