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Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams talks to reporters outside the White House July 12, 2021, following a meeting with President Joe Biden. Adams is joined by, from left, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown, Memphis police Chief C.J. Davis and Wilmington police Chief Robert Tracy.

Column: Hey, Chicago, New York Democrats sent you a message: Fund the police, but wisely

July 13, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Civic pride prevents me from looking too often to New York for political guidance. Chicago's and New York's styles of politics are about as far apart as their preferences for...

Former President Donald Trump announces a class-action lawsuit against big tech companies at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster on July 7, 2021, in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Column: Donald Trump vs. Big Tech: If you can’t beat ’em, raise money off of ’em

July 10, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

Former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube social networks is a lot like his presidency: full of sound and fury, signifying spectacular fundraising opportunities. Yet, as...

Gwendolyn Berry, left, looks away as DeAnna Price and Brooke Andersen stand for the national anthem June 26, 2021, after the finals of the women's hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Column: Pot, politics, protests — yes, it must be time again for the Olympics

July 6, 2021 at 2:28 p.m.

Hey, sports fans, it's time for the Olympics again. So let's talk about pot, protests and politics. Purists still decry the intrusion of politics into their sacred Games, especially if...

Bill Cosby, center, listens to members of his team speaks with members of the media outside Cosby's home in Elkins Park, Pa., June 30, 2021, after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction.

Column: Race, gender blame game won’t save Bill Cosby or Mayor Lori Lightfoot

July 2, 2021 at 4:29 p.m.

Bill Cosby and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot may not know each other but both have been giving genuine racial victimization a bad name. After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned the...

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 23, 2021.

Column: Can the left defend critical race theory? Or merely oppose its critics?

June 29, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

A national panic mostly from conservatives over critical race theory — erupting perhaps in a state legislature, university or school board meeting near you — triggers spirited counterpunches from its...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, center, joins police officers for a group photo with President Barack Obama during a National Association of Police Organizations event at the White House in 2014.

Column: Can Biden chill the spike in gun violence? He knows he must try.

June 25, 2021 at 2:17 p.m.

Let's start with a guessing game: Which presidential hopeful made the following boast about how he was tougher on crime than even than "law-and-order" President Richard Nixon? "Every time Richard...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over a City Council meeting May 26, 2021, at City Hall.

Column: In MLK’s footsteps, Mayor Lori Lightfoot takes on a more subtle systemic racism

June 22, 2021 at 3:42 p.m.

When Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared systemic racism to be a public health crisis in Chicago, I couldn't help but think that systemic racism will just have to wait its turn...

Incoming Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton, center left, talks with outgoing President J.D. Greear at the conclusion of the annual Southern Baptist Convention meeting June 16, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Column: Southern Baptists face turmoil over critical race theory, whatever it is

June 18, 2021 at 5:34 p.m.

"Critical race theory," again? Groan. Every time I surf the news these days, those three little words continue to pop up, even though hardly anybody, including the people who say...

Latta Plantation, in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Column: The Historic Latta Plantation controversy reminds us what Juneteenth can teach us

June 15, 2021 at 2:39 p.m.

After more than a century and a half of underappreciation, the emancipation celebration known as Juneteenth is bringing out the regional differences in various ways, some of which make me...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a joint news conference June 7, 2021, with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala City.

Column: Vice President Kamala Harris’ charm offensive turned mostly offensive

March 11, 2024 at 1:36 p.m.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually was being kind when she described Vice President Kamala Harris' "Do not come" message to undocumented Central American migrants as "disappointing." "Embarrassing" would have been closer...

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