What are you prepared to believe about the private life of Martin Luther King Jr.? Throughout his career leading the civil rights movement, he was the target […]
Opinion
Bloomberg going after coal and gas
Back during the Obama administration, we heard a lot about the war on coal. The Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama did its level best to strangle […]
A case for restorative justice
Ava DuVernay’s dramatic Netflix miniseries “When They See Us” chronicles the infamous wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers in New York City for the brutal […]
Mexico was easy target for threats
Mexico is breathing a collective sigh of relief following President Trump’s decision to temporarily suspend his threat to impose draconian tariffs on Mexican goods. But don’t kid […]
Finding people to fill small town’s empty spaces
A tiny French mountain village with a long name, L’Hospitalet-pres-l’Andorre, has lost half its population over three decades, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. Its name […]
June 12 letters to the editor
Freedom of religion extends to all faiths It’s almost difficult to know how to respond to the ignorance and religious bigotry on display in some recent anti-Muslim […]
Others need to find spine in Legislature and call out Justice
We rarely find ourselves in agreement with the state Senate’s majority. Or more precisely, with its leadership. Since January 2015 our newspaper has found itself at odds […]
A harsher but more meaningful life
“When you are told all your life you’re dumb, unworthy, you start believing it. God changed that for me.” Jerry, from Youngstown, Tenn., hesitated to be interviewed […]
Why do selfies of women look like Rockettes?
It must have been the nth time in one day I’d seen a Facebook photo of a group of women I know standing in what I think […]
But speaking is to act, as well
Last week President Trump flew to Britain, our closest ally. But before Air Force One’s wheels touched the tarmac, Trump had called the mayor of London a […]
