In late August, the chic French luxury brand Christian Dior debuted an ad campaign for its fragrance referencing Native Americans. A number of American Indians decried the […]
Columns/Opinion
Disease can be financially toxic
For three decades I’ve worked with people who are aging or chronically ill, helping them figure out how the heck they are going to pay for old […]
Black Americans are doing a lot better under Trump
The August jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed more great news for all Americans. And particularly for black Americans. The nation’s unemployment rate of […]
Is it ethical to take good money from bad people?
The now-former head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab went from hero to zero in a couple of news cycles. Once heralded for overseeing projects […]
Dealing with Taliban devil that’s waiting us out
President Trump was right to cancel a “secret” meeting with leaders of the Taliban and the Afghan government following two bomb attacks by the terrorist group that […]
Slave labor in the modern era
By Mary Jane Wilkie The Baltimore Sun The prospect is appealing: work your own hours, be your own boss, choose your assignments. Who wouldn’t want that? But […]
We’re living fable of emperor’s new clothes
If you’re going to lie, make it a good one. Meaning, put some effort into it. Make it convincing. Make sure the truth is not easily discoverable. […]
The ongoing tragedy that’s still Sept. 11
By Bridget Rooney Tribune News Service Sept. 11, 2001, will always be recognized as a day of tribulation in the United States. Some 3,000 people lost their […]
Protection protocol anything but
In the eight months since the Trump administration began implementing its euphemistically named Migrant Protection Protocols, the government has returned more than 35,000 asylum seekers to Mexico […]
Stop the mental health data mining of our children
No, no, no. Hell, no! That’s my response to the latest trial balloon floated by the White House to join with Silicon Valley on a creepy program […]