Republicans on Supreme Court steal from lower-income students and families to give to their wealthy friends and supporters. What else is new? — This article was updated on June 30, 2023. Growing up Catholic, I learned the “Lord’s Prayer” when I wasn’t having to pour wine for the priests during Mass as an altar boy. …

Recent reports, court documents lend more evidence about how much of the violence at 2020 BLM protests was done by right-wing infiltrators. 2020 might have been the most chaotic and violent year in the United States since 1968. This article was updated on June 12, 2023. In all chaos there…

Many people relax at a beach or mountain resort during annual vacations. I drive long distances with my kids, chasing a moment to really remember. — We do not take a trip; a trip takes us. — John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America, 1961 This is Part 1 of two parts. It is almost dark as Dad drives the station wagon over the Texas border into Arkansas. We are on our annual long…

FBI Director Hoover replied to suspect in letter about four years after Kennedy’s assassination By Kevin James Shay COPYRIGHT 2023 This article was updated on November 7, 2023. As the 60th anniversary of John F. …

Accusation by lawyer in 1999 against Supreme Court justice continues to be highlighted on social media — In 1999, Moira Smith helped volunteer at a high-powered Washington, D.C.-area dinner party attended by some political luminaries. As she was setting out plates and silverware, the then 24-year-old recent Georgetown University graduate felt an unwanted hand on her buttocks. She said it was Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who…

Hondo changed the game more than most inducted into that institution When I was growing up, Frank Howard was one of my favorite baseball players. …

A pet, even a fish, can take a part of ourselves when it dies and remind us of our mortality — Mr. Fish, also known as Jesus and Dr. Betta, came to our household during a somewhat hectic time. It was during the pandemic, and I was in the process of buying a more spacious home. Son Preston purchased this deep blue Betta, a two-gallon tank, and other equipment on his…

‘Extremist’ Moms for Liberty, led by the ‘daughter of God,’ and other Republican front groups rise from January 6th ashes to try to take back the country, one school district and community library at a time — Aweek before GOP front and extremist group Moms for Liberty invaded Maryland with a school protest and conference, I visited my daughter at her college apartment not far from the meeting site. She was in the last semester of her senior year, working busily on a grad school application to…

Red states continue to lead in poverty as they slash aid to lower-income Americans Since 2010, the federal government has attempted to gain a better idea of how many Americans live in poverty by measuring not just pretax income, cash benefits, and inflation, but non-cash benefits like Medicaid and tax…