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With vaccines on the way, it’s likely that 2021 will be much better, or at least more normal, than 2020.
Before issuing his order to end mask mandates, Gov. Greg Abbott must not have looked at the recent numbers of coronavirus deaths in Texas.
What was your life like at this time last year?
The new head of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, starts work this week. Hopefully she likes a challenge.
In my house, we have a problem. My wife has been vaccinated. I haven’t.
In 1787, on the eve of the French Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Edward Carrington, dispatched to the Continental Congress, on the role of a free press.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media.
As Congress advances a COVID-19 relief package that calls for a $15 national minimum wage by 2025, I am aware that some people think that being poor is a personal choice, or something that reflects...
It may be time to rethink the mission of Black History Month and focus on the current issues that impact the everyday lives of African Americans.
Throughout the pandemic, there's been a tendency to play up unlikely risks, and not to talk enough about uncertainty and probabilities.
As his administration clarifies its economic agenda, it's becoming clear that President Joe Biden's true legacy lies not in rolling back Donald Trump's policies, but in refining them.
With the investiture of a record number of women serving in the 117th Congress and the country's first female vice president, there is no better time to cement our recognition of female achievement...
The internet has been an enormous blessing to many industries. The newspaper business is not one of them.
When I deliver lectures on pandemic ethics over Zoom as part of my job as a bioethicist, one of the questions I am asked with increasing frequency is whether I believe there will be any silver...
President Joe Biden’s plan to flood Americans with nearly $2 trillion in coronavirus aid could come to a House vote early this week. Odds are decent it will also pass in the Senate.
Why is the U.S.
Presidential libraries pay tribute to the accomplishments and flaws of our chief executives, and celebrate the cities and towns across the nation from whence they came.
Today, Biden's economic message, retooled to address current needs, has real urgency.