A local woman was shot to death at the end of April, and more than a week later, we still know virtually nothing about how it happened. […]
Opinion
After COVID-19 passes, will we still want what we once wanted?
When Germany let smaller stores reopen, the expected didn’t happen. Officials thought that shoppers would burst out of their five-week lockdown and spend, spend, spend. They were […]
Raise the bar for the next pandemic
As state leaders contemplate allowing people out of their houses and back to work, we are only beginning to measure the extraordinary costs of flattening the curve. […]
Federal liability protection could be a sticking point
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has backtracked on his previous suggestion that states in financial trouble should simply go bankrupt and now says he is “open” to […]
The two faces of Joe Biden: Fellow Democrats have voiced concerns
Even if the sexual assault allegations by former Joe Biden staff member Tara Reade turn out to be false, there are still problems the former vice president […]
Payroll protection loan discrimination
The coronavirus didn’t create the racial wealth gap, but it’s doing an excellent job of making it worse. Advocates fear the economic shock waves from the novel […]
Widespread testing won’t end pandemic if it is inaccurate
A surge of new coronavirus antibody tests, some of them used in studies that appear to show a far greater rate of infection and recovery than we’d […]
Artwork deserves top -notch framing
When I moved into my house, I taped some postcards and prints I’d collected while traveling abroad to my walls, always intending to swap them out for […]
Breathe and hold on. Hope is what tomorrow is for
“Tomorrow, robins will sing.” — Stevie Wonder “Tomorrow there’ll be sunshine, and all this darkness past.” — Bruce Springsteen “Hurry, tomorrow. Tomorrow, I need you now.” — […]
WWII had universal child care. Why not now?
Historically, times of crisis have brought out the best in U.S. policymaking. The Great Depression ushered in the New Deal. The Cuyahoga River burning due to industrial […]
