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Solomon Murimia, a "matatu" minibus driver, gestures as he calls on clients beside his minibus with a painting depicting Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama and and statesman Benjamin Franklin in Nairobi.

Obama frees his inner Kenyan

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

It must make the birthers' heads explode to hear President Barack Obama ridicule the ridiculous charge that he is a secret Kenyan. That's only one good reason for him to...

Protesters listen to Page May speak during a rally for Sandra Bland near the DuSable Bridge on July 28, 2015.

The mysterious case of Sandra Bland

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Evidence points to suicide, not homicide, as the cause of a Chicago-area woman's death in a Texas jail cell outside Houston, Texas officials say. Yet the arresting officer's dash-cam video...

Former Gov. Martin O'Malley, D-Md, right, speaks of his commitments at the Netroots Nation 2015 Presidential Town Hall with moderator Jose Antonio Vargas, left, at the Phoenix Convention Center July 18 in Phoenix, Ariz. The Democratic presidential candidate spoke of the criminal justice system in income inequality before being interrupted by demonstrators yelling "Black Lives Matter" and challenging his record as mayor and governor.

You mean, only some lives matter?

August 21, 2019 at 5:46 p.m.

If anything is certain about Donald Trump's bizarre bid for the Republican presidential nomination, it is the huge favors he does for the Democrats. That thought occurred to me last...

President Barack Obama at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in El Reno, Okla., on July 16, 2015.

Kick the ‘new Jim Crow’ out the door

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

As President Barack Obama talked to reporters after becoming the first American president to visit a federal prison, his thoughts appeared to flash back to the "Choom Gang." That was...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, above, and Democratic counterpart Sen. Bernie Sanders have messages that rouse the core of their respective parties.

The summer of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

August 21, 2019 at 5:46 p.m.

What are we to make of the two biggest political pseudo-surprises of this midsummer: the spectacular crowds drawn by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. I say pseudo-surprises because, in some...

Bill Cosby's own testimony in a 2005 civil case, unsealed by a judge after an AP request, reveals a creepier Cosby than his defenders had admitted.

‘Public moralist’ Bill Cosby’s fall from grace

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Suddenly Bill Cosby has become the Confederate battle flag of the entertainment world. Everybody seems to want to take him down. For months the iconic showman's defenders have tried to...

Republican presidential candidate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry waves his arms while participating in the Fourth of July parade festivities in Amherst, N.H., on July 4, 2015.

Rick Perry gets it: GOP needs black voters

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

I applaud Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry's call for the Grand Old Party to patch up its differences with African-Americans, among other voters of color. Although I eagerly wait to...

Donald Trump, a Republican candidate for president in 2016, talks to reporters at the City Club of Chicago on June 29, 2015.

Which GOP rival will fire Trump?

June 24, 2019 at 5:34 a.m.

At this stage, the 2016 presidential campaign is looking a lot like high school. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, for example, sounds like the locker-room bully who would torture Louisiana...

President Barack Obama halts a heckler during a June 24, 2015, LGBT Pride Month reception at the White House, one example of how he's grown more comfortable in his presidency as it winds down.

The ‘Obama Don’t Care’ initiative

August 21, 2019 at 5:44 p.m.

One of the most ironic things about U.S. presidents is how soon after they get comfortable with the job, it's over. That's a happy thought to those who can't wait...

A demonstrator in support of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act holds up a "Healthcare for All" sign after the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, to retain tax subsidies, standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 25.

Conservatives attack, rescue Obamacare

May 23, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

What a deal. The Supreme Court's Obamacare decision reminds me of a demand that an aide to the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley is said to have given to...

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