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Last week was a hard week.

U.S. missiles and bombs have so far caused at least 1,168 civilian deaths in Iran, including 188 schoolchildren. Six American service members have perished.

A direct line connects this violence...Read more

Having been ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court, the damage of Donald Trump’s foolish tariffs is being unwound. His destructive idea was that the tariffs were needed because the largest economy in the world should ...Read more

We were on a bus to visit the beautiful city of Masuleh. And like any trip in Iran, the journey was just as much fun as the destination.

Our tour guide sat at the front of the bus with a tombak (drum) and started singing:...Read more

OAKLAND, Calif. — Betty Yee knows what people are thinking. She's heard what they've said and read the many emails she's gotten.

The former state controller has been running for California governor longer than just ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — I know a lot of people who suffer from a chronic malady that gets worse each time there's news out of Washington. Supporters of the current president of the United States might refer to this condition as a ...Read more

I'm not saying definitively that going to war against Iran when there was no imminent threat is President Donald Trump's way of distracting attention from the case of Jeffrey Epstein and his voluminous, sordid, ...Read more

Is the U.S. Congress still a functional legislative body? It’s a reasonable question to ask after the Senate, and then the House, rejected legislative attempts to constrain President Donald Trump’s power to conduct the...Read more

Defeating Iran is the main goal of the current Middle East war, but Lebanon may offer the best opportunity for a breakthrough toward peace — if only President Donald Trump would pay attention.

The opportunity for ...Read more

We're in the early weeks of Lent, the 40 days when Christians are called to rededicate themselves to good — and the Trump administration seems to be having a good time making its war with Iran seem like a bunch of tweens...Read more

When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of U.S. combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strategy right” ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday declared that he would not sign other legislation until a sweeping election operations overhaul headlined by new voter ID requirements reaches his desk – even as there’s ...Read more

President Donald Trump had good cause to fire Kristi Noem last week from being homeland security secretary, giving her the ax via social media post, with Trump announcing that she was being replaced by Oklahoma Sen. ...Read more

Kristi Noem has been removed from her perch atop the Department of Homeland Security. Like the vast majority of Chicagoans, we will shed no tears.

As secretary of homeland security, the former governor of South Dakota ...Read more

BERKELEY, Calif. — University of California President James B. Milliken, in his first extensive interview since taking the helm of the nation’s premier public higher education system, defended UC’s diplomatic ...Read more

Just about 250 years ago, young Americans risked everything to fight for a better future--one in which their loved ones, neighbors, and progeny could exercise individual liberty and collective prosperity. Their fight for ...Read more

Americans of all political stripes are concerned about affordability. Some politicians would like to change the subject.

Billionaires and their allies in politics have tried everything, from falsely blaming the rising ...Read more

In my work on leadership and followership, I’ve noticed something simple but powerful: followers shape leaders. Leaders adjust themselves in response to the signals they receive — not just in rallies and speeches, but ...Read more

It was early on June 28, 1969 — more than an hour after midnight, usually a quiet time everywhere except New York, where the hustle never stops, especially in Greenwich Village. It was two years after peace and ...Read more

The worst of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s many terrible moments in last week's congressional hearings on immigration control probably came when she admitted to being unfamiliar with the shockingly ...Read more

Between tributes and songs, the crowd celebrating civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. at Friday’s homegoing got a not-so-subtle call: Vote for his son.

For a short speech in front of thousands, Jesse Jackson Jr. ...Read more