President Joe Biden announced a slate of actions Thursday aimed at fulfilling his campaign promise to combat the proliferation of firearms and gun violence that kill som...
Just two months after the invasion of the U.S. Capitol that left one Capitol Police officer dead and dozens injured, another officer was killed April 2 and a second was ...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s farewell address is most famous for its warning against the “unwarranted influence” of the military-industrial complex.
But Eisenhower a...
“I can't blame them for liking it, but you're giving up a lot just to be able to wear pajamas to school” — a sixth grader, speaking from experience.
While parents, educa...
The United States is facing a growing representation crisis.
While our population continues to grow, the number of elected officials representing us at the highest level...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is catching flak for suggesting that businesses should stay out of politics: except, of course, when it comes to bankrolli...
Public infrastructure has been likened to homeownership, and it’s a fitting comparison.
Your home not only had to be built, it has to be maintained for as long as you wa...
Perhaps the life of George Floyd would have been spared if Derek Chauvin and the three other Minneapolis police officers with him had just paid attention.
What if police...
It’s been four weeks since I received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but very little has changed for me.
I’ve gotten used to having my guard up. There are too ...
After a 10-year hiatus, earmarks are coming back to the U.S. Congress. Democrats and Republicans alike repudiated the practice of letting congressional representatives d...