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Washington's Democratic Party establishment keeps demanding that progressive members tone down their criticism of billionaire oligarchs and corporate autocrats. Why? Because the insiders want to rebrand the party as ideologically moderate. "Time to get serious," they bark.

Two things: First, on the ideology question, I'm with Woody Guthrie: "...Read more

*Some names have been changed to protect identities.

When Jane* learned about President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship, she immediately panicked. The order was slated to take effect July 27. Jane's first child was due just 10 days later.

Jane was filled with desperation and confusion. She wanted her son to be ...Read more

When the sorry history of the President Donald Trump Era is written, historians will note the irony that the television reality star elected twice to the presidency, assuring us that he would "make America great again," has turned the country into an international laughingstock. It was not readily imagined that on the eve of the 250th ...Read more

The British election should serve as a warning to Democrats who let their left fringe run riot with scant criticism. Too many Democratic strategists and friends in the progressive media read the noise coming from the far left as evidence of broader public opinion than warranted, even among Democrats. Then come voting day, turned-off moderates ...Read more

My daughter is suffering from long COVID. I have written about it before. I wish I had good news. I don't.

It is a nightmare you should do everything you can to avoid.

Most people who get COVID get well and move on. That's what we want to believe. No one wants to remember, much less relive, the pandemic, for reasons too numerous to count.

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Republicans are dancing on the grave. They really were afraid of losing the House and with reason. Their leader, the president, is sinking like a rock. That should hurt them, but only so much.

The decision of the Virginia Supreme Court to throw out the new map enacted by voters at the urging of Democrats threatens to leave the House in ...Read more

The Pulitzer Prizes, administered annually by Columbia University, are the most famous prizes awarded to American journalists, authors, playwrights and others in the world of letters. A win can elevate an obscure book to bestseller status, turn a play into a Broadway hit, or save a reporter during a round of layoffs. So prestigious is this ...Read more

Sometimes life lets us set the record straight. It happens in big and small ways and reminds us to stay true to who we are, to believe in our talents, pursue our interests and develop our skill sets. The world is filled with people who will tell you "no," and it feels like we are hearing "no" more frequently these days. Legislation, academic ...Read more

I come from a long line of medical surprise artists. The men in the Dion family are winning fistfights into their early 60s. Somewhere between the ages of 68 and 72, we go to St. Anne's Hospital. Shortly after that, we go to Notre Dame Cemetery where we are buried next to other surprised Catholics of French-Canadian ancestry.

"That's the old ...Read more

The Supreme Court has just restored a woman's ability to obtain the abortion pill by mail without first seeing a medical provider, at least for now. A lower court had tried to tighten that easy access by requiring patients to consult with a licensed clinician in person before acquiring the drug, mifepristone.

The Charlotte Lozier Institute is...Read more

What distinguishes us from a monarchy? The fact that all power is not lodged in one man or one department. The fact that no one is above the law. Even the president, even one like Donald Trump, who believes in extensive Executive Power, must follow the decisions of the courts, just as judicial review limits Congress to actions that are within ...Read more

When the history of this benighted era is written, people will wonder about the madman president. They will ask what we did to try to resist his rampages against our federal government.

For Donald J. Trump, "mad" can be taken in both ways.

First, his state of mind is very angry, all the time: at allies, at journalists, at Republicans who ...Read more

Years ago, Ray Charles sang: "Them that's got is them that gets, and I ain't got nothin' yet."

Millions of workaday Americans today are wailing that blues refrain, thanks to price increases caused by President Donald Trump's slap-happy tariff policy. He gloated that by imposing import levies of $166 billion on foreign companies, they would be ...Read more

In his famous poem "The Second Coming," William Butler Yeats ruminated about what happens when "the center cannot hold," and "things fall apart." Things have well and truly fallen apart in America and the collapse of the political center is both a cause and a symptom. For those of us who are Democrats, the disintegration of a large, ...Read more

Tucker Carlson's problem, it would seem, is that what he says doesn't matter, because he has a long history of not saying what he thinks. True, he once starred at Fox News, and even now his followers on social media number in the millions. But he's shifted into crackpot conspiracies and turning on Donald Trump. Anything for an audience.

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What a happy coincidence for House Republicans that the Supreme Court's conservative bloc found an excuse to help preserve their party's congressional majority, just in time for the 2026 midterm elections. Without the timely intervention of the right-wing justices, a Democratic wave loomed over the White House and Capitol Hill -- which ...Read more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently announced the death of another person in its custody -- the 17th person so far in 2026. Deaths inside of immigration detention centers are rising and now occur at a rate of roughly one every six days. Since the start of President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign, more than 40 people have ...Read more