by Rekha Basu Five years ago, my late friend Casey Gradischnig approached me with an unlikely invitation: To join him in the public areas of women’s bathrooms […]
Opinion
For African Americans, faith is not confined to hope of heaven
George Zimmerman was acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin on a Saturday night in 2013. The next morning, I went to church wearing a hoodie. This […]
Pandemic made us adapt, and the future will benefit
It’s amazing to look back and see how we — as a community, as a state, as a nation, as a world — have adapted over the […]
On immigration, go slow and steady
by Karthick Ramakrishnan and Allan Colbern On Feb. 4, Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., introduced the Dream Act, co-sponsored by Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., which would grant legalization […]
Cuomo’s deadly lie: NY nursing home deaths underreported
The people who hand out Emmy Awards should ask New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to return the one they gave him. Cuomo received an Emmy for what […]
Tech must choose sides in Apple-FB fight over privacy
The lines have been drawn. Tech leaders no longer can sit on the sidelines, pretending they have no leadership role to play on the tech issue of […]
Geoengineering could save the planet
by Chris Reed Apocalyptic warnings about climate change — such as the U.S. Geological Survey-Cornell-University of Arizona report in 2014 that the American Southwest faced a significant […]
Why bricks-and-mortar independent bookstores matter
by Adam Stern In 2021, the pandemic-riddled Age of Online Shopping, with an Amazon delivery truck creeping down every street, lane and avenue in America, why do […]
Why Black History Month?
As soon as Black History Month begins Feb. 1, there is inevitably someone who asks, “why do we have a Black History Month?” or “why don’t we […]
Feb. 14 letters to the editor
Vote your conscience — if you have one By all appearances, it looks as if the U.S. Senate will never arrive at the 67 votes needed to […]
