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Workers staff the control room for the Democratic National Convention before the start of the convention at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee on Aug. 17, 2020.

Column: The DNC’s TV party: More democratic, less conventional

August 18, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

If necessity is the mother of invention, as the old saying goes, Democrats turned the necessity of convening a presidential nomination during a pandemic into the mother of socially distanced...

Sen. Kamala Harris, shown campaigning for president in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Nov. 2, 2019, is former Vice President Joe Biden's selection for his Democratic vice presidential running mate.

Column: With Kamala Harris in the race, is Donald Trump bringing birtherism back?

August 14, 2020 at 2:17 p.m.

Oh, no, he didn't. But, oh, yes, he ... did! President Donald Trump, who took the lead of a bonkers "birther" conspiracy movement against former President Barack Obama, wasted little...

Pedestrians look at windows shattered by looters at the Timberland store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Aug. 10, 2020.

Column: Protesters? Sorry, they look like thieves to me

August 11, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

As shopkeepers and volunteers were sweeping up Monday after an overnight looting rampage through downtown Chicago's ritziest addresses, I already was hearing from taunting emailers like this passive-aggressive troll: "Can't...

Workers move racks full of vote-by-mail ballots to be loaded onto trucks at the Broward County Voter Equipment Center in Lauderhill, Florida, on July 9, 2020.

Column: President Trump hates mail-in voting, until he doesn’t

August 7, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

OK, let's try to get this straight. President Donald Trump doesn't trust mail-in voting — until he does. For example, he denounced the very idea of voting by mail as...

Chicago police officers stand outside the Cook County medical examiner's office on July 28, 2020, after a procession for Deputy Chief Dion Boyd.

Column: Police suicides raise questions about a hidden pandemic

August 4, 2020 at 2:01 p.m.

A suicide in the upper ranks of Chicago's Police Department amid a surge in the city's already high homicide rate highlights a painful reality about this summer: We're dealing with...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before walking to a helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House on July 31.

Column: Trump turns panic peddler to nervous NIMBY suburbs

July 31, 2020 at 3:04 p.m.

Having made his name in real estate, it is oddly appropriate that President Donald Trump's reelection efforts have steered him into a new version of panic peddling. "Panic peddling" or...

Tourists browse a gift store featuring President Donald Trump campaign items in Keystone, South Dakota, on July 2, 2020.

Column: While Donald Trump tries for a 2016 rerun, voters look for a fresh script

July 28, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

With less than 100 days to go until Election Day, President Donald Trump is campaigning like he did the first time, as a challenger running against the sitting president, who...

A federal officer points to a protester while clearing the street in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on July 20, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.

Column: President Trump’s focus on Chicago violence could be helpful, but will he stay committed to real assistance?

July 24, 2020 at 3:04 p.m.

President Donald Trump's decision to combat violent crime in Chicago and other cities, whether invited or not, reminds me of President Ronald Reagan's line about the "nine most terrifying words"...

People visit a makeshift memorial at the base of a mural of Rep. John Lewis on Saturday, July 18, 2020, in Atlanta.

Column: Want to honor Rep. John Lewis? Repair the Voting Rights Act.

July 20, 2020 at 3:19 p.m.

Not all of Washington's icons are dead. Some are still living and walking among us. That thought came to mind whenever I ran into Rep. John Lewis on Capitol Hill,...

Christian Cooper, a prominent bird-watcher who works in communications, in New York City's Central Park on May 27, 2020.

Column: Will it be justice or mercy for ‘Central Park Karen’?

July 17, 2020 at 5:40 p.m.

In the case widely known as involving "Central Park Karen" and the Black bird-watcher, a lot of people are disappointed that birder Christian Cooper wants to temper justice with mercy....

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