Newspaper profiles of Pamela Bondi — subbed in as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney general following the scandalous implosion of Matt Gaetz — often describe her with a …

In 2022, voters in Kansas rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that outlawed abortion. The vote was 59% to 41% to keep reproductive choice. Within milliseconds, because the misogyny is …

With Donald Trump’s return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block. More than …

While the president-elect continues to nominate prospective members of his incoming administration, the outgoing Congress faces a hectic sprint to complete a long list of unmet legislative duties …

Rhetoric such as “Make America Great Again,” frequently declared by President-elect Donald Trump, reflects the global political, economic and defense policies of the new US administration. The …

Writing, for me, is easiest from the confines of a small, dark room. When I was younger I preferred a view, but now we live on a river where an unidentified bird or duck glues the binoculars to my …

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose declaration of a state of emergency Dec. 3 shocked the world, has often been referred to (both within and outside of his country) as “South Korea’s …

Social media has been lighting up like fireworks, with myriad Trump voters exclaiming, “I didn’t know he meant me!” For example, many MAGA cheerleaders are now shocked to learn that his …

In the last week in November, Donald Trump made several extreme tariff threats. He threatened Mexico and Canada with 25% tariffs, warning that the new tariffs would remain in place “until such time …

In the wake of America’s disastrous decision to entrust our country to a crazy criminal, some noteworthy news has been neglected. COP29 stands for the 29th summit of Convention of the Parties, …

Even though one in five Americans is estimated to suffer from mental health illness, talk about mental health in the rural West remains muted. I like to talk about it at Thanksgiving because I’m …

Bobcat’s management forced Ethan Fitch and his co-workers into a series of mandatory town-hall meetings and then subjected them to anti-union harangues aimed at thwarting their union drive. The …

Well, friends, it’s time to think about New Year’s resolutions. And I, for one, am ready for some positive activism to encourage our best natures and our best progressive populist efforts. …

I teach my children to be kind and respectful and not to judge others — we’re all in this life together. Yet families like ours are often stigmatized when we need assistance to make ends …

Rural counties are less healthy than their urban counterparts, a disparity driven partly by unequal access to civic infrastructure, according to a Daily Yonder analysis of data gathered by County …

The Republican North Carolina General Assembly is as exhausting as Donald Trump. Okay, not that exhausting. But they are relentless, unceasing, all-pervasive, ever-greedy, and ruthlessly shameless in …

In the wake of the drubbing Democrats took on Election Day, the predominant news narrative is that Donald Trump and his MAGA minions won a massive “landslide,” which in turn produced a political …

I was born in 1954, the same year that Elvis Presley entered Sun Studio and started recording. And had his first chart hit. As I like to say with a soupçon of jest, I’m the same age as …

Looking to find something special this holiday season for that mega-millionaire in your life? The Italian retailer Valextra has just what you may need: a cocktail set that offers a “vision of …

I’ve been writing political opinion nonstop for 20 years. As of today I’m done. nnLife was different when the Philadelphia Inquirer gifted me a column in January 2004. Both major parties believed …