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This holiday season, the government is open again, and we can be grateful for the federal workers who keep our holiday season humming, including the heroes at the United States Postal Service who deliver gifts in time and the air traffic controllers who ensure our travel is uninterrupted. But although many agencies have resumed operations without […]

Nick Mangold, the revered former center for the New York Jets and a member of its Ring of Honor, recently died from kidney disease. He is not alone: Almost a million people have end-stage renal disease in the United States, and 500,000 are currently on dialysis. However, efforts to help these people have been stymied […]

This piece originally appeared in Stone Zone. They think because of Biden’s mistakes that USDA have left the gate open and are ready to bolt through A ruthless faction inside the horse show world thinks the current moment offers them cover. They believe confusion in Washington and misinterpretations of recent rulings mean they can slip […]

U.S ICE officials are now targeting Minneapolis’s Somali community– the latest target in President Trump’s efforts to “allegedly” stamp out immigrants and disorder. With the arrival of these federal troops, the Somali diaspora, along with other young Black residents and Black girls, are likely to experience a level of officer misconduct and violence that has […]

Millions of families now treat a starter home as a luxury good. They didn’t suddenly forget how to buy houses. We forgot how to build them cheaply. In 1950, the average new American home cost about 2.2 times median household income. Today it’s 7–12 times in every fast-growing city—nearly 75% of households can’t afford a […]

Viola Fletcher passed away last week at age 111. Many may note that it would be a blessing to live to such an age. But I had just spoken about her multiple times this weekend, suggesting that one of the reasons she was still alive was to see justice in her lifetime. She did not. Mother Fletcher, […]

Last month it was Typhoon Kalmaegi hitting Vietnam. Before that it was Hurricane Melissa tearing through the Caribbean. Many of us watch these natural disasters from our living rooms, scrolling through news alerts and satellite images before moving on to the next headline. We unconsciously tell ourselves this is a tragedy happening over there, to […]

Yesterday, Giving Tuesday, was just one day. The needs from charitable organizations raising money for chronic illnesses or rare diseases go far beyond this day, week, month or year. This money is needed not only for supporting patients and their families, but also to fund research. It is urgent now because over the past year, […]

President Trump changed how America approaches trade. He used tariffs to bring back jobs, protect supply chains, and push back on China’s unfair practices. That shift worked, and the results proved it. Now, the fight is headed to the nation’s highest court, as arguments are heard this week in front of the Supreme Court. Blue-state […]

There is little debate that most future American technological advances will be dependent, in some form or fashion, on wireless technologies. Wireless capabilities are being embedded in nearly every device and service imaginable, and consumers’ expectations of wireless inclusion only grow by the day. Standing in the way of this progress, however, is a Department […]