SAN DIEGO — The Republican Party is caught in the gray area that exists somewhere between winning and losing.
The events that led to the killing of al-Qaida’s leader in Afghanistan began 32 years ago last week.
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“Mississippi Goddam” is a 1964 protest song performed live by Nina Simone at Carnegie Hall. With its disarming show tune melody, the song is a scathing critique of Black inequality, particularly in the South.
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I am that white person holding the “Don’t shop with Ego Beauty” sign at the July 30 protest at Ego Beauty Supply store. No, I don’t use any beauty products, so why should I care? Mine is not the face that was discriminated against; my body wasn’t assaulted over a pending transaction; and min…
Why does it seem we are willing to talk ourselves into a recession? Opponents of President Biden seem almost gleeful about the prospects and the media has also been complicit in talking up the possibility. The John Locke Foundation’s latest Civitas poll revealed 52.1% of North Carolinians be…
America, when it comes to the sins of its history, has lacked a "never again" moment.
The conservative “pro-life” movement managed to do something that abortion-rights activists have been trying to do for decades — they have destroyed the stigma around abortion.
🎧 How do ethics fit into our decisions about where to shop and work?
Commentary: Too many people no longer see religion as essential to their understanding of living a good life.
"He was a gamechanger on and off the court," writes columnist Michael Paul Williams.
Jen and Ben, once and future lovers, were married while I was in Italy. That wasn’t shocking, but the timing was a little surprising.
In this episode, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with Dr. Wes Bellamy again. Dr. Bellamy, former vice mayor of Charlottesville and former member of the Charlottesville City Council, recalls the events immediately before, during and after the deadly Unite the Right Rally in 2017.
In this episode, Kelli and Michael Paul are talking with Dr. Wes Bellamy again. Dr. Bellamy recalls the events in Charlottesville immediately before, during and after the deadly Unite the Right Rally in 2017.
In an ideal world, the landmark compromise on climate change, Medicare and energy spending that Senate Democrats announced at the end of last week would barely require a second glance.
There is a bit of mythology that sometimes creeps into the way longtime supporters of North Carolina’s public education system describe the halcyon days of the late 20th century under the leadership of former Gov. Jim Hunt and Democratic legislators like former House Speaker Dan Blue and for…
If you saw the headline of Michael Gerson’s recent Washington Post column, “Why I will never live without a dog again,” you probably thought it was going to be a feel-good story about dogs. Which it was.
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SAN DIEGO — Too many politicians have it in their nature to lie, manipulate and disappoint.
RALEIGH — In nearly all North Carolina communities with bus systems ridership is significantly lower than it was just a few years ago. In Greensboro, for example, there were 1.9 million passenger trips on city buses last year, down approximately 60% from the total in 2014. Over the same peri…
Do you ever dream of doing something big, but find yourself feeling too small to try? When I feel that way, as I often do, I like to think about Darleen. I wrote this story 20 years ago. If you recall it, your memory is better than mine. It goes like this:
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the shutdown of the Tuskegee syphilis study.
Back in October, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on ABC’s “The View” that the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol was an “assault on law and order” but “it’s time to move on.” Rice added, “I know what happened on Jan. 6 was wrong, but I also know as a government and as a country …
🎧 Do the recent protests against Supreme Court justices go too far or are they an appropriate tactic?