Florida, a swing state only a few years ago, has turned so Republican — at least on paper — as to make some people doubt whether it’s worth President Joe Biden’s time in 2024.

They’re spooked by Donald Trump having won the state twice, by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ easy re-election two years ago, and by the GOP now leading the Democrats by ...Read more

It often takes a federal court’s involvement to get Texas to do right by the vulnerable or underserved. From appalling prison conditions and segregated schools to shameful care for foster children, judges have made the state pay dearly for its intransigence.

It might be happening again, over an entirely avoidable problem: the lack of air ...Read more

On April 1, more than half a million fast-food workers in California got a raise, with minimum wage across the sector bumped up to $20 per hour. That same week, the self-proclaimed “world’s first fully autonomous restaurant” opened its doors for business in Pasadena.

These two stories have received considerable media attention, typically ...Read more

In mid-April, the University of Southern California banned the school valedictorian from giving a commencement address for the first time in its history, following a pressure campaign by outside pro-Israel groups.

The university cited unspecified “security” risks. But valedictorian Asna Tabassum has said she believes it had something to do ...Read more

When it comes to political auditions for the national stage, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's recent faceplant is a memorable one.

Noem is a Republican and a contender to be former President Donald Trump's vice presidential pick. She wrote a book, as many higher-office aspirants do to burnish their brand, with the release slated for next month. ...Read more

It’s only right that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s evolving canine scandal should focus on Cricket, the 14-month-old wirehair pointer that Noem shot to death because Cricket was a bad girl. It was Cricket, after all, who took the bullet.

Cricket’s bizarre manner of death, at the hand of a caretaker who allowed the puppy to wreak havoc ...Read more

Jewish students are not OK. They do not feel safe. We know because they are telling us. Believing them isn’t hard.

We believe members of the Black community who say they feel unsafe when law enforcement pulls them over. We believe Muslim Americans who say they feel unsafe when a mosque is vandalized. We believe members of the Asian American ...Read more

The latest inflation numbers show a 3.5% annual growth for consumer prices, still well above pre-pandemic levels. That means millions of families are struggling to get back to where they were in 2021.

This should come as no surprise, since excessive deficit spending from Washington remains much too high. In 2023, the federal government spent $6...Read more

University campuses nationwide have long been the focus of political debates and battles in the form of protests and demonstrations. In recent weeks, students galvanized by their consciences have been leading an anti-war movement that our nation hasn’t seen the likes of in decades, and it is spreading like wildfire. At last count, at least 100...Read more

The protesters taking over college campuses are not antisemitic, so we’re told, but they want to destroy the only Jewish state. They just want all of the Jews to go … somewhere else. They chant for the creation of Palestine "from the river to the sea," an explicit call for the end of Israel.

Would Jews be welcome in the Palestinian state? ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For two weeks, former President Donald Trump has been cooped up in a Manhattan courtroom on charges that he falsified records to conceal payments to a porn actress.

"I should be in Georgia right now. I should be in Florida right now. I should be in a lot of places campaigning right now," Trump raged last week.

While he was ...Read more

In the novel "The Handmaid’s Tale," a violent theocracy overthrows the U.S. government, and doctors who perform abortions are hanged. Young women are enslaved to bear children for influential older men.

Author Margaret Atwood’s imagination was inspired in part by the biblical tale of Hagar, the Egyptian handmaid whom Abraham’s wife gave ...Read more

In February, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to the Middle East for meetings in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Israel and the West Bank. The central purpose of that trip was to hammer out a cease-fire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which President Joe Biden’s administration hoped would stop the violence and ...Read more

If you were shopping for toaster ovens and your choice was between one that posed a 1% chance of setting your house on fire and a competing one that would not only 100% set your house on fire but proudly guaranteed it right on the box, then you would probably go with the 1% model.

U.S. voters face a similar choice this November when it comes ...Read more

Recently, while cleaning out my basement, I came across a picture of myself from 1983. The photo was taken at my Reform Movement Jewish summer camp, located on several acres of bucolic rolling hills along a clear lake in southeastern Wisconsin. That summer was easily one of the best and most formative of my childhood. I was 15.

But seeing the ...Read more

The death of Charles Leo Daniel at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, piqued the interest of immigrant rights advocates and some members of Washington's congressional delegation. The mystery surrounding his death and the fact that he was housed in solitary confinement for most of the time he was incarcerated is cause for ...Read more

Last month, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., unveiled a rare government feat: a bipartisan bill that has lawmakers feeling “optimistic” and “fired up.”

It’s the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA), and it’s long overdue. The U.S. lags far behind the rest of the world on privacy legislation; 137 ...Read more