Opinion

A chorus of voices from across the political spectrum demands that members of Congress forfeit their pay during the current government shutdown, which...

We have entered the fourth week of the federal government shutdown. SNAP food benefits have been cut off. The administration has agreed to make only p...

Senate Democrats have shut down the government in an effort to force Republicans to extend expanded tax credits created to cushion the blow of a once-...

CHICAGO (TNS) — President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress have a decision to make: They can step up to protect millions of people, provid...

NEW YORK — As a young person deeply engaged in politics, I am often asked why my generation is elevating figures like Zohran Mamdani, a self-described...

At its most fundamental level, a halt to benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program involves basic political questions. With the fed...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Low-income Americans have higher rates of obesity than rich Americans. That alone is reason to rethink food stamps. More than 41 mil...

Washington, D.C., is Hollywood for ugly people. That old joke is the best description of our failing politics, as the seat of global power has now bec...

President Donald Trump has taken significant steps to secure the border and curb illegal immigration, but now he is taking a victory lap with the use ...

Each November, we “fall back” by setting our clocks one hour earlier as Daylight Saving Time ends. While gaining an extra hour of sleep may sound like...

ALBANY — What was the point of arresting Ali Faqirzada? If you've followed the case, you know there really wasn't one. Faqirzada, 31, an Afghan refuge...

To most of us who aren’t federal employees, the government shutdown has, so far, been a distant partisan spat with limited direct impact on real life....

Democrats have been outspoken in their concern that President Donald Trump might flout a court order. Yet they shrug when federal bureaucrats ignore S...

Everyone saw this coming except the NBA. It seemed obvious to us: An industry built on winning money instead of earning it will attract those willing ...

Each November, we pause to recognize National Hospice and Palliative Care Month — a time to reflect on the comfort, dignity, and compassion that hospi...

I recently came across a writing by the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that has aligned with some things I’ve been considering lately. He wrote...

Mark your calendar and plan to vote on Tuesday or vote early (through Nov. 2). Although it’s not as exciting as a presidential election year, some mig...

There are many essential components to the democratic process, but the most important is the one we do each November: vote in our general elections. I...