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The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitors Center, at the U.S. Capitol, on June 19, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

A Former Slave Told Us the Value of July 4

From the Left / Clarence Page / Jul 06, 2026

It is unfortunate but also ironically appropriate that national efforts to celebrate the nation’s birth have been rattled by internal disputes over how that birth should be celebrated.

"Who controls the past controls the future,” wrote George Orwell in 1984. “Who controls the present controls the past."

By altering history to make the ...Read more

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses senior military officers at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Pool/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

We All Stand to Lose in Hegseth’s War on Diversity

From the Left / Clarence Page / Jun 29, 2026

Is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth resegregating the military?

I hear that question a lot since the news broke that our nation’s current secretary of defense has actively blocked or delayed the promotions of dozens of senior military officers — with women and people of color disproportionately affected.

The Pentagon's recent track record on...Read more

Welcome to the World of MAGA Machismo, Where Muscles Trump Brains

From the Left / Dick Polman / Nov 16, 2023

Ladies and gentleman, here is your United States Senate, then and now:

Sen. Daniel Webster on March 7, 1850: “It is fortunate that there is a Senate of the United States (with) a just sense of its own dignity, and its own high responsibilities, and a body to which the country looks with confidence for wise, moderate, patriotic, and healing ...Read more

Trump and his lawyers think he can get away with anything. It's outlandish.

From the Left / Ruth Marcus / Oct 25, 2019

WASHINGTON -- "The king can do no wrong." That is the ancient legal maxim used to explain why a sovereign should not be held to account for misdeeds. President Trump and his lawyers are now making arguments that make this legal doctrine look wimpy. Their vision boils down to: The king can do whatever wrong he damn pleases, and there's nothing ...Read more