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A United States Border Patrol agent processes migrants after they arrived illegally from Mexico on March 29, 2021 in Roma, Texas. The group made up of individuals from mostly Central American countries turned themselves in to the Border Patrol after smugglers brought them across the Rio Grande. Members of the group are attempting to be granted asylum in the U.S.

Column: Hiding border troubles from news cameras only makes the spotlight brighter

March 11, 2024 at 1:43 p.m.

Mainstream media are trying to make President Joe Biden look good, according to conservative critics who want to make him look bad. Nothing new about that in our polarized times...

Ann White protests at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta on March 25, 2021. "It ain't over yet," White said. "I look forward to going door to door working against everybody that voted for (SB 202)." The Georgia state House has passed legislation brought by Republicans that could lead to a sweeping overhaul of state election law.

Column: Sorry, Mr. Smith, but I, too, have turned against the filibuster

March 26, 2021 at 3:19 p.m.

At his first official White House news conference Thursday, President Joe Biden said he agreed with former President Barack Obama that the filibuster is "a relic of the Jim Crow...

Alexi McCammond speaks at Politicon at the Los Angeles Convention Center in October 2018.

Column: Is there room for redemption in ‘cancel culture’?

March 23, 2021 at 1:56 p.m.

I am hardly a core member of Teen Vogue magazine's demographic. But I began to pay attention to the lively Conde Nast publication back in 2016 when their take on...

Nancy Riley-James, 42, reacts at the makeshift memorial outside Gold Spa near Acworth, Georgia, on March 18, 2021, one of three businesses where eight people were killed and another injured by a gunman Tuesday.

Column: What is a ‘hate crime’? The Atlanta-area spa killings ignite new fears, divisions

March 19, 2021 at 3:45 p.m.

When I first wrote about a national surge in reported hate crimes against Asian Americans since the coronavirus pandemic began, it was easy for the rest of us to sympathize,...

President Joe Biden leaves after speaking about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House on March 11, 2021.

Column: Voters show more unity in the COVID-19 crisis than their political leaders do

March 16, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

Are we all socialists now? In numerous intriguing ways, the pandemic appears to be pumping up the popularity of big government, even among (gasp!) Republicans — as long as you're...

Attendees present their green passes (proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 coronavirus disease) as they arrive at Bloomfield Stadium in the Israeli Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 5, 2021, before attending a "green pass concert" for vaccinated seniors, organized by the Tel Aviv municipality.

Column: After getting my first COVID-19 shot, vaccine ‘passports’ don’t sound so scary

March 12, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

I got it! After working my way through a labyrinth of websites and telephone numbers and waiting lists, I finally received my first of two scheduled coronavirus vaccination shots. Halfway...

A newspaper is blown by the wind after it is placed on a railing by a television crew outside Buckingham Palace in London on March 8, 2021. Britain's royal family is absorbing the tremors from a sensational television interview by Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, in which the couple said they encountered racist attitudes and a lack of support that drove Meghan to thoughts of suicide.

Column: Royals should take advantage of the diversity that Meghan and Harry bring

March 11, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.

Was "Take down the British monarchy" on Oprah's to-do list? No, it only looked that way when Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle — the Duke and Duchess of...

Books by Dr. Seuss at the Chinatown branch of the Chicago Public Library on March 2, 2021.

Column: Please don’t drag Dr. Seuss into your culture war

March 5, 2021 at 1:54 p.m.

Dr. Seuss and Potato Head may not seem the same. But don't load "cancel culture" with all of the blame. Forgive me. That moment of mangled poetry is inspired by...

Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, right, greets Vernon Jordan, president of the National Urban League, and Ruth Love, Chicago's next school superintendent, at a Chicago Urban League luncheon on Feb. 6, 1981.

Column: Remembering Vernon Jordan, a different kind of civil rights leader

March 2, 2021 at 2:14 p.m.

As one who covered Vernon Jordan off and on for several decades, I remember how he defied easy labels. You had to get to know him. There was a lot...

A person waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court Building in Washington on June 15, 2020, after the court ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects gay and transgender workers from workplace discrimination.

Column: Fight for transgender rights gets a boost from the Newman-Greene feud in Congress

February 26, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

Maybe Rep. Marie Newman, an Illinois Democrat, should send flowers or a fruit basket to her controversial fellow freshman, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. After all, Washington is a town in...

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