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"The Osmonds," a Saturday-morning cartoon from the 1970s, always ended with a sickly melody that stays permanently in my mind. "One Bad Apple" was about unrequited love (from girls, rather than…
President Donald Trump's National Park Service plans to finalize rules this week that will allow hunters in Alaska to kill bear cubs and wolf pups while they are in their dens, reversing…
If a writer pitched Rep. Ilhan Omar's life story to a Hollywood producer as a movie, it would likely be rejected as simply too impossible to believe. We're talking about…
Health officials in Texas, Georgia, Vermont and Virginia acknowledged this week that they have been combining viral and antibody test results. Those results may well have painted an inaccurate picture of how…
In his first State of the State address, a little over a year ago, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine took time out to recognize his "amazing" health and human services team, asking…
Donald Trump's administration is truly a one-trick pony. Whatever narratives Trump's minions roll out, white supremacy and racism are always the baseline.. During an appearance last Sunday on CNN's "State of…
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that would block parts of her department's new Title IX rule, saying the guidance will "slash…
Throughout the several rounds of congressional negotiations over relief funding during the coronavirus pandemic, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has argued that the Democratic House leadership's strategy will win major concessions from Republicans and…
Has Donald Trump dragged the nation back to a point in time before it was a nation? In the eyes of many citizens, and in the eyes of much of…
Dear State House Protesters, Usually, I'm all in favor of protest. Far be it from me to suggest that you are fodder for some strictly rightist political campaigning, but perhaps…