by Solomon Jones When jurors in New York found R. Kelly guilty of federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, the verdict not only laid bare Kelly’s own […]
Author: Syndicated Columnist
‘And how are the children?’ Not well
The Maasai in Africa greet each other with “Kasserian Ingera” meaning, “And how are the children?” Tribal members, even those without children, respond, “All the children are […]
Postal service about to get slower and more expensive
by Michael Hiltzik Is there a federal official more out of step with the purposes of his agency than Postmaster General Louis DeJoy? Sorry, that’s a rhetorical […]
Can SCOTUS be moved by real stories?
by Robin Abcarian In November 2017, a third-year Texas law student named Brittany Fowler, who was in a monogamous relationship and on oral contraceptives, discovered she was […]
Democrats shouldn’t just raise the debt ceiling — they should double it
by Noah Kaplan Democrats need to recognize that Sen. Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans are not bluffing: They will not vote to raise the debt ceiling. […]
Airports to passengers: Do it yourself
by Nicholas Goldberg Workers have been losing their jobs to machines in the name of productivity and efficiency since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. But the […]
Harmful myths that perpetuated slavery
by K. Ward Cummings Much has been written about how hard it was to be enslaved in America, but comparatively little has been said about the demands […]
An idea whose time has come: the four-day workweek
by Leah Hancock The four-day workweek’s moment has arrived. With California Congressman Mark Takano’s introduction of legislation to reduce the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours, […]
Think it’s a line of cocaine at that party? Think again
by Robin Abcarian LOS ANGELES — Earlier this month, in a house on a Venice canal, three people who reportedly thought they were using cocaine died after […]
$3.5T plan is about to get a trim
by Doyle McManus The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion […]
