On April Fools’ Day, the American president addressed the nation and the world to send not one message about the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran a month ago, but all possible messages at once.

The conflict is “nearing completion,” Donald Trump said, before repeating that the U.S. might also escalate by hitting ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — At a worship service held at the Pentagon two Wednesdays ago, the Secretary of Defense prayed for the success of American troops fighting in Iran, and presumably anywhere else he sends the military. “Behold now the wicked who rise against your justice and the peace of the righteous,” he declared. “Snap the rod of the ...Read more

In the rush to cancel long-held celebrations and remove statues and murals to achieve distance from César Chávez because of his alleged sexual abuse, it is important not to shy away from the meaning of a lifetime of painfully guarded silence. Let’s consider the terrible contradiction that was the daily reality of Ana Murguía, Debra Rojas ...Read more

The recently revised food pyramid may put fruit as a medium priority, but there is nothing the Trump administration likes more than the apple of discord.

Every news cycle, the president seems intent on introducing something new for Americans to argue about: the wisdom (and legality) of war in Iran; the term “affordability”; the efficacy of ...Read more

It must have been a confounding day for “No Kings” protestors. Their placards at rallies held around the country decry President Trump’s “authoritarian regime” and the “fascism” under which Americans now live. They’ve blasted the ballroom Trump was building adjacent to the White House.

Two federal judges upended that notion ...Read more

The message was as clear as modern popes get, especially in their Palm Sunday mass. “Brothers and sisters, this is our God,” Leo XIV told the faithful in St. Peter’s Square: “Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: ‘...Read more

Today we discuss probability, self-destruction and political bossism.

Wow. California, which is as blue as Lake Tahoe, is about to elect a Republican governor ! How crazy is that?

Whoa. Hold up, pony. Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.

Well, there's certainly a lot of Democratic angst out there.

That's for sure. It's reminiscent of...Read more

Miami is no stranger to excess. In this city, gaudy isn’t so much an insult as a way of life. But even in a place known for Lamborghinis, Brazilian butt lifts and wannabe billionaires, President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library stands out.

On Monday, the Trump Library Foundation released the first rendering of the downtown ...Read more

Nothing so perfectly demonstrates Donald Trump’s reckless approach to waging war on Iran than his rebuff of Ukraine’s offer to share drone technology that could save U.S. military lives.

Clearly, the president had little idea what he was getting into when he joined Israel in bombing Iran and killing its top leadership. This was a war of ...Read more

Democrats find themselves with a deplorable dilemma – whether to reach into their no-talent “bench” for a 2028 standard bearer or turn to the 78–year-old party matriarch for yet another comeback bid.

Saddled with an aging constituency of white, privileged, female boomers who fill up “No Kings” rallies, Democrats are in such disarray...Read more

I’m going to say something from my firsthand experience as a mom: Schools have a terrible track record with screens. It tends to be adoption first, skepticism later (and then only maybe). That’s led to a generation of kids being treated as Big Tech guinea pigs and falling student achievement scores.

First, schools allowed kids to bring ...Read more

President Donald Trump calls environmentalists “terrorists.” Yet he is responsible for destroying more oil and gas infrastructure, and possibly more fossil-fuel demand, than the most optimistic ecoterrorist could in their wildest dreams.

By going to war with Iran, the president, who has been openly hostile toward the clean-energy transition...Read more

Gasoline prices have nearly doubled nationwide over the last month, as President Donald Trump’s war with Iran continues. As a result, many consumer staples that rely on diesel-fueled trucks to reach store shelves are also rising in cost. And food prices are climbing especially quickly, in part due to a logjam of global fertilizer supply — ...Read more

Every day, more gruesome details emerge of the inhumane conditions inside the detention facilities maintained by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. There are countless reports of forced labor, sexual and physical assault, filthy facilities and people crammed into cells.

Last year, 32 people died in ICE custody, marking the agency�...Read more

One summer day in 1988, before the sun rose, my parents packed my three younger sisters and me into our beige Chevy station wagon. We drove from Oxnard to Delano, California, to stand in support of what would become César Chávez’s final fast. I remember the brutal heat, the crowded tent, the feeling we were part of something larger.

Chávez...Read more

As the AI industry heats up globally, several U.S. state legislatures and Sen. Bernie Sanders are calling for a pause on all AI data center development, citing risks of job loss, superintelligence concerns and risks to working people.

Their concerns aren’t baseless, but a data center moratorium is not a solution. Although Sanders hopes it ...Read more

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on a case of long-settled law that shouldn’t even be before the justices: birthright citizenship.

The court will weigh President Donald Trump’s outlandish executive order purporting to end the automatic grant of citizenship to those born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants. We doubt...Read more

Pain at the pump is how Americans often perceive the economic impact of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

Pain at the plate, however, is how the world may soon see the conflict.

To be sure, the omnipresent price of gasoline seen at nearly every intersection is important. But the impact doesn’t stop there.

Because while the global focus is on ...Read more

The recently revised food pyramid may put fruit as a medium priority, but there is nothing the Trump administration likes more than the apple of discord.

Every news cycle, the president seems intent on introducing something new for Americans to argue about: the wisdom (and legality) of war in Iraq; the term “affordability”; the efficacy of ...Read more