Clarence Page – Page 51

Protesters carry a "Defund the Police" sign on West Division Street during the March of Justice from Union Park to Cabrini-Green on June 6, 2020, in Chicago to demand police accountability.

Column: ‘Defund the police’ is bold, but it might just bring necessary change

June 9, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

When my youth consultant, aka my son, told me that the Black Lives Matter movement had come up with the slogan #DefundThePolice, I thought sarcastically, "Great, what a terrific gift...

Police walk through tear gas as they try to disperse protesters in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020. Three Nevada men with ties to a loose movement of right-wing extremists advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government have been arrested on terror charges in what authorities say was a conspiracy to spark violence during recent protests in Las Vegas

Column: While Trump blames antifa, a menacing far-right ‘boogaloo’ movement rises

June 5, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

In response to nationwide protests over the shameful death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump promises to go after antifa — as soon as he figures out what it is....

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses crowd at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights in Chicago on June 21, 1964. King called for the strict enforcement of new civil rights legislation and a continued effort to end racial discrimination and poverty.

Column: Where do we go from here? Martin Luther King Jr.’s old question endures

June 2, 2020 at 3:36 p.m.

As President Donald Trump described himself in the White House Rose Garden as "an ally of all peaceful protesters," reporters could hear the awful sound of peaceful protesters being cleared...

Protesters watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street, May 28, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn.

Column: George Floyd’s death brings back an old familiar rage

May 29, 2020 at 6:25 p.m.

As I watched the fires in the night leap skyward over Minneapolis and watched the protest marchers pour into other streets across the nation, I was reminded of the cities...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrives for a Memorial Day service at Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park in Newcastle, Delaware, May 25, 2020.

Column: Hey, Joe Biden, sometimes it’s best to leave black humor to black people

May 26, 2020 at 2:24 p.m.

Joe Biden has been pushing back against the backlash that came after he made racially volatile remarks Friday during a radio interview. That's what he gets for trying to be...

Dr. Herman Bundesen, center, holds up a container of the Salk vaccine to prevent polio with Dr. Robert Mac Fate, left, and Dr. William Fishbein, on April 18, 1955, at the Board of Health.

Column: When we have a coronavirus vaccine, will we want to use it?

May 22, 2020 at 4:20 p.m.

As the development of a coronavirus vaccine intensifies with the fury of the 1960s race to the moon, a question haunts us Americans: If and when scientists come up with...

President Donald Trump during a Cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020, in Washington.

Column: With hydroxychloroquine statement, President Trump distracts from real health care issues

May 19, 2020 at 5:52 p.m.

When President Donald Trump sounded in a recent gaffe as though he were suggesting disinfectant "by injection" might be a dandy treatment for the coronavirus, the five-alarm backlash suggested he...

President Donald Trump talks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 15, 2020, in Washington.

Column: How to Trump-splain #Obamagate: A hashtag in search of a scandal

May 15, 2020 at 1:51 p.m.

As American deaths from the coronavirus approached 85,000, the largest outbreak in the world by far, President Donald Trump was playing, "I Know Something You Don't Know" with a newspaper...

President Donald Trump talks to reporters about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 11, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Did Trump’s view of the coronavirus change after he learned who was getting sick?

May 12, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

Did President Donald Trump care a bit less about the coronavirus pandemic after he found out who was getting sick? By that I mean groups that conspicuously endure the worst...

Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse on May 8, 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia. Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael were arrested the previous night and charged with murder.

Column: The Ahmaud Arbery shooting: Video should not be required for racial justice

May 8, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

In the case of Ahmaud Arbery, we once again see how nothing changes a crime narrative like a video. Georgia authorities arrested and charged a white father and son Thursday...

All Stories