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Jewish refugees aboard the SS St Louis attempt to communicate with friends and relatives in Cuba who were permitted to approach the docked vessel in small boats. The passengers were not allowed to disembark.

Commentary: The 1930s were a dark period for immigration policies. There’s one way today’s could be worse.

July 23, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

Eighty years ago last month, the SS St. Louis entered American waters. The liner carried more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, hoping to find a haven across the...

Conservative Party leadership candidate Boris Johnson, center, leaves his campaign offices in Westminster in Central London on July 22, 2019. Johnson is expected to become the United Kingdom's next prime minister.

Commentary: Both Britain and America are suffering political nervous breakdowns

July 22, 2019 at 4:39 p.m.

When I was in London recently, a British friend offered effusive thanks for the United States — whenever he was feeling particularly aghast at the disarray of his country's political...

A pedestrian walks by a neon sign advertising Juul e-cigarettes on June 25, 2019, in San Francisco. The city is the first in the United States to ban e-cigarettes.

Commentary: The puzzling problem of vaping

July 20, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

A 29-story office building at 123 Mission St. illustrates the policy puzzles that fester because of these facts: For centuries, tobacco has been a widely used legal consumer good that...

Commentary: Trump and Pelosi show us why women of color struggle to succeed

July 21, 2019 at 11:41 a.m.

People of color know Nancy Pelosi. She's every executive who hired them because their "unique" viewpoint was sorely needed at her organization, but then ignored every new suggestion. She's every...

The full moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty on May 18, 2019, in New York City.

Commentary: Trump can’t stop America from offering a safe harbor to huddled masses

March 11, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

It won't work. President Donald Trump can ask U.S.-born citizens to go "back home," and he can insult immigrants who have lived here productively for years in the hopes that...

When President Donald Trump was being investigated by a special counsel, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, shown July 16, 2019, pointed out that "no one is above the law," but she doesn't seem to apply that rule to illegal immigration.

Commentary: Democrats say no one is above the law — except in matters of illegal immigration

March 11, 2024 at 2:09 p.m.

We have heard a lot about the importance of the rule of law from Democrats lately. During special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of President Donald Trump, Democrats in Congress delivered...

Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, shown during a June 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate in Miami, has demonstrated his progressive bona fides without making policy proposals that could keep him from defeating President Donald Trump.

Commentary: To defeat Trump, Democrats should nominate Michael Bennet

July 15, 2019 at 9:12 a.m.

With a disgust commensurate with the fact, Michael Bennet, the Colorado Democrat, says that during 40% of his 10 Senate years the government has been run on "continuing resolutions." Congress...

Fans celebrate the U.S. women's soccer team World Cup victory at a ticker tape parade on July 10, 2019, in New York.

Commentary: Why the debate about equal pay for U.S. women’s soccer isn’t that clear-cut

July 10, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

From one angle, financial compensation for athletes appears a rare island of social justice. The Forbes list of the world's richest people skews heavily toward white people, but the list...

Andy Alonso watches a fireworks display following the "Salute to America" ceremony in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on July 4, 2019.

Commentary: America is better than ‘just OK’

July 10, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

Maybe President Donald Trump was right that we needed a "Salute to America" last week, because apparently some Americans have lost sight of the greatness of our country. Case in...

A 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence is shown on June 17, 2019, at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.

Commentary: To construe the Constitution, look to the Declaration of Independence

July 3, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

On this 243rd anniversary of the beginning of the best thing that ever happened — "The Great Republic" was Winston Churchill's tribute — many of today's most interesting arguments about...

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