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San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin addresses supporters after being recalled from office at a primary election night event in San Francisco on June 7, 2022.

Clarence Page: Why San Francisco’s progressive prosecutor Chesa Boudin lost after Kim Foxx won

June 10, 2022 at 5:15 p.m.

My condolences to Chesa Boudin, the by-now-famous San Francisco district attorney who lost a recall election Tuesday. The polls saw it coming. As expected, his loss is being celebrated with...

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally April 9, 2022, in Selma, North Carolina.

Clarence Page: ‘Extremism fatigue’ in politics? Get used to it.

June 7, 2022 at 6:08 p.m.

I was amused by an "unscientific opinion" survey of Republican primary voters in Arizona's heated race for Democrat Mark Kelly's Senate seat. Many said they'd grown tired of Republican candidates'...

Actor Amber Heard waits before the verdict is read at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on June 1, 2022.

Clarence Page: Could Johnny Depp’s win against Amber Heard deal a blow to free speech?

June 3, 2022 at 4:26 p.m.

Whatever you may think about the courtroom drama between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard — and just about everybody seems to have something to say about this star-studded...

A photo of Amerie Jo Garza, 10, who died in the mass shooting, is placed at a makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 30, 2022.

Clarence Page: As Congress debates, more gun buyers seek ‘safety’ on their own

May 31, 2022 at 3:36 p.m.

It's still hard to fathom the horrors reported from the mass shooting that left 19 children and two teachers shot to death at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, but...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shakes hands with an attendee at a prayer vigil held for the Rob Elementary School shooting victims on May 25, 2022, in Uvalde.

Clarence Page: Texas, keep Chicago’s gun violence woes out of your mouths

May 27, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Leave it to the supposedly serious Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, faced with the unspeakable horror of 19 children and two adults slaughtered in one of his state's elementary schools,...

People embrace near a memorial for the shooting victims outside Tops grocery store on May 20, 2022, in Buffalo, New York.

Clarence Page: After Buffalo, what do we have left to feel good about?

May 24, 2022 at 7:28 p.m.

Black Americans overwhelmingly fear another racial massacre, according to a nationwide poll after the mass shooting in Buffalo, while white Americans overwhelmingly don't. That's a startling statistic, yet also sadly...

Clarence Page: Don’t be duped by ‘replacement theory.’ Put race in its proper place.

May 20, 2022 at 6:41 p.m.

I know it happens a lot, but we in the news media perform a public disservice when we run headlines like "The US white majority will soon disappear forever" and...

A woman has an ultrasound to verify her pregnancy inside the Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana, on April 15, 2022.

Clarence Page: Why — and how — we need to talk about racial disparities in abortion rates

May 13, 2022 at 5:18 p.m.

Remember the old days when President Bill Clinton brought a temporary calm to the raging abortion debate by declaring the ultra-controversial procedure should be "safe, legal and rare?" That was...

Elon Musk at the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York.

Clarence Page: Twitter tames Trump, but what about the mighty Musk?

May 10, 2022 at 7:31 p.m.

Behave yourself, my Mama used to say, or you lose your toys. Are you listening, Mr. Trump? The nation's former president probably heard that message from his mother many moons...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance, left, greets a supporter after winning the primary, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 3, 2022.

Clarence Page: Which J. D. Vance will we meet next?

May 6, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

"Are you a racist?" asks the young bearded man in the TV ad. "Do you hate Mexicans?" "The media calls us racists for wanting to build Trump's wall," he says,...

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