America is following disastrous Trump advice to slow down testing (opinion)
But don’t look now, America: for the past few weeks, we have followed President Donald Trump’s dangerous and deluded advice,…
What my Nextdoor neighbors don’t get about the word ‘plantation’
But as we know, history doesn’t stay in one place. My new neighborhood, and playground, is built on a former…
I’m ready to call our sister in the movement for justice Madam Vice President Kamala Harris (opinion)
But anyone doing civil rights work for as long as I have can tell you: Swells of progress and public…
Mitch McConnell’s warped priorities (opinion)
The federal government’s $600 weekly unemployment payment — a lifeline for more than 20 million Americans that was created as…
Donald Trump’s new 100-day strategy (opinion)
All of these were swept aside this week by President Donald Trump, as he began reacting to polls showing public…
Welcome to the real world, Mr. President (opinion)
For the President, who likes to create his own reality with the support of Fox News, the decision is a…
The cure for Covid-19 is trust (opinion)
In late March, according to an ABC News poll, 51% of Americans approved. Today, only 38% do. The number of…
The Roberts court is striking at the heart of democracy (opinion)
But there is something else that should be generating a great level of concern — the effort by Republicans to…
We’re wasting time talking about herd immunity (opinion)
The first was the release of a new nationwide study from Spain, a former Covid hotspot, which suggested that too…
These are true patriots. Trump sees them as enemies (opinion)
In this moment of national reckoning, and as we celebrate Independence Day this weekend, I can think of nothing more…
Panicking Trump tries to change the subject (opinion)
Trump wants Americans to look at the anti-racism protesters tearing down statues of Confederate generals and other historical figures they…
How #NeverTrumpers can live up to their name (opinion)
During Trump’s presidential bid in 2016, Mitt Romney made a huge splash by delivering a blistering speech condemning Trump’s candidacy.…
Joe Biden frightens Donald Trump (opinion)
It was almost an afterthought in the middle of a nearly two-hour speech and improv when Trump rolled out his…
What if Trump rejects the election result? (Opinion)
Remember, this is the President who, even after the Electoral College put him in the White House, kept insisting —…
Novak Djokovic’s folly is a lesson to the world (opinion)
Things swiftly became less amazing on Tuesday this week, when the world number one announced that he and his wife…
Covid-19 is increasing at warp speed in the US (Opinion)
Some states however have not seen any increase. For the most part, these are places like New York, New Jersey…
The Class of 2020 will be graduating online. They’re not happy about it (opinion)
They’re not happy about it. As a professor, I’ve seen that moment when seniors remember they are graduating without a…
High school senior: The biggest lesson Covid-19 has taught me (opinion)
A few days later, I got into my first choice college — and videoed my reaction as I opened my…
‘Generation Resilient’ has lived through a pandemic, an economic collapse and a social upheaval. And it’s only June (opinion)
Then the pandemic struck — and, within weeks, everyone in Godfrey’s 11-person household was infected or exhibiting coronavirus symptoms. Still,…
Removing the Teddy Roosevelt statue is just the beginning (opinion)
That infamous statue has been a source of shame to the city and an insult to Black and Native New…
Parkland dad: The call for officers to be removed from schools is a mistake (Opinion)
Since the shocking school massacre that took the lives of our beloved children and spouses in 2018, Stand with Parkland…
Trump is desperate — and dangerous (opinion)
I know, I know. This is a man who was impeached in his first term of office and is so…
‘Gone With The Wind’ and how to deal with racist art (opinion)
Ridley wrote that the movie “glorifies the antebellum south. It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the…
Reimagining policing will make us safer (opinion)
Whether it is implicit or explicit, racial bias is real — it can influence perceptions and behaviors, with deadly consequences.…
What the pandemic means for our summers (opinion)
Our responses to hearing these numbers seem to vary widely — some of us lock ourselves away in our homes,…
Time for Pence to jump ship? (opinion)
Former President George W. Bush and Sens. Mitt Romney, Republican stalwarts, won’t support his re-election. Other GOPers, like former House…
Why we can’t turn away from ‘Gone With The Wind’ (opinion)
Day after day, I scrolled through posts decrying the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd. For weeks,…
A mutation shows why the coronavirus is such a formidable foe (opinion)
Almost immediately after the outbreak emerged, researchers began looking for patterns of change among the tens of thousands of viral…
Welcome to the 'Great Awakening'
In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, the Movement for Black Lives — already a massive global force — has…
How a new kind of policing saved America’s most dangerous city (opinion)
And so, to eradicate the systemic racism that is woven into the fabric of our criminal justice system, the City…
The pandemic has stopped my wife and I from taking our baby back to America
My wife and I, both American citizens, decided to work with a fertility clinic in Ghana in an attempt to…
I’m over 60, stop talking about coronavirus ‘culling’ me (Opinion)
What I realized is that we will not be back to normal for a long, long time. Others will venture…
Trump is kicking the LGBTQ community while we’re down (opinion)
While the move was no surprise — Trump first proposed removing the protections last spring — the timing feels like…
Trump’s tweet on injured 75-year-old man shows there’s no bottom (opinion)
And if there is one constant to Republicans in Congress, it is that most of them are spineless cowards, pretending…
Where the George Floyd case must be tried (Opinion)
Motions to change venue are commonly made by defendants in high-profile, high-stakes cases, but are rarely granted. If and when…
The elite military club that’s scorning Trump (opinion)
Once those four-star generals and admirals retire, with a very few exceptions they avoid taking any kind of public stance…
If only Trump would say these words
In fact, it’s worse than Trump neither mentioning nor even tweeting “Black Lives Matter”– despite tweeting repeatedly “Law & Order,”…
Trump’s use of unidentified security forces echoes Putin’s ‘little green men’
Amid the tear gas and rubber bullets, a dangerous Trump trend has arisen. While DC police are required by law…
It’s time for Asian Americans to unite in solidarity with black Americans (opinion)
“The problem with silence is that it can’t speak up and say why it’s silent,” writes Hong. “And so silence…
Dare we believe that this time will be different? (opinion)
On Friday, Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League responded to the demands of black NFL players and…
Biden’s startling weapon against Trump (opinion)
Too bad they weren’t from the actual president. Biden’s speech could not have distinguished him more from President Donald Trump.…
The danger of blaming Covid-19 deaths on our genes (opinion)
The reasons for this disparity remain unclear. Theories have included differences in the quality of healthcare and its accessibility, population…
Why protesting isn’t enough (opinion)
In the two weeks since his death, a national civil rights movement has blossomed. Though there have been some instances…
This week in America would make RFK weep (opinion)
If there’s one thing Kennedy couldn’t stand, it was the sort of person who spoke to the basest instincts in…
Trump may shoot himself in the foot with a split-city GOP convention (opinion)
The Republican National Convention was slated to take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August. But the pandemic struck, and…
America needs white people to step up (opinion)
Not safely, anyway. As a black man, as the son and grandson and great grandson of black men, as a…
‘Sorry’ is too little and too late, Roger Goodell (opinion)
Truly, it’s sorry. As Roger Goodell, the league’s longtime commissioner, explained in a video released Friday, “we were wrong for…
How does a governor get sweeping approval from the opposing party (opinion)
But in both the response to the Covid-19 global pandemic and, most recently, the nationwide protests sparked by the killing…
Coral reefs face their own pandemic, but we have a survival guide
This devastation is well known. When I tell people that I work on coral reefs, their instinct is to offer…
Donald Trump’s most self-defeating move (opinion)
But there has never been a photo op quite like the one President Donald Trump staged on Monday, when noxious…
How we can start systemically reforming the police (Opinion)
But to heal and create a system of policing where law enforcement officers accused of misconduct are brought to justice,…
George W. Bush finally steps onto the right side of history (opinion)
But several recent, earlier steps brought us to this place. First May 25: On that day, George Floyd was killed…
Trump’s ludicrous photo-op episode was no Churchill moment
Encouraged by one of his co-stars, his daughter Ivanka, he decided to demonstrate he was in command by leaving fortress…
Democrats can’t keep ignoring this vital campaign issue (opinion)
Should a Supreme Court seat open up, President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans have five months to jam through another…
Trump’s snub over Obama portrait is part of a plan (opinion)
Any likelihood of that — however slim to begin with — has seemingly vanished with Trump’s ebbing political fortunes. If…
‘Hamilton’ is opening the room where it happens (opinion)
Its streaming premiere was fast-tracked by a year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, meaning that a filmed version…