Letters to the Editor: Giving Money to Consumers Directly Won't Fix Our Health Care Market
November 21, 2025 8 a.m. Pacific Time To the editor: Guest contributor Kim-Lien Nguyen dusts off a tired and roundly…
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Contributor: The real answer to Republicans' 'affordability problem'
Last week's election results are a reality check for the Trump administration. Democrats didn't just increase their scores in deep…
Contributor: The real reason Republicans shut down the government
A deep-rooted partisan divide has shut down the United States federal government for what is now the longest period in…
Contributor: In recent Democratic victories, there are lessons for the Republican Party
Republicans are licking their wounds after losses at the polls on Tuesday. But there is a lesson to be learned…
Contributor: Trump's Weaponization of 'Emergency' Label Comes to a Head
Today in Washington, the word “emergency” is a magic key; it unlocks powers Congress never granted, suspends the discipline of…
Column: Can socialism ever be more than a fad in America?
Here we go again. Socialism is coming back, according to a friend and enemy similar. a new NBC survey now…
Judges order USDA to restart SNAP funding, but hungry families won't get immediate help
Two federal judges told the U.S. Department of Agriculture in separate rulings Friday that it must begin using billions of…
Trump's AI poop post caps a week of MAGA indifference to Hitler jokes
An estimated 7 million Americans peacefully protested Saturday against the breakdown of our checks-and-balances democracy into a Trump-driven autocracy rife…
Contributor: Trump's new order could redefine protests as 'domestic terrorism'
President Trump executive order designating tonifa As a “domestic terrorist organization” it was never really about Antifa. It was about…
Newsom and Pritzker's challenge inspires hope in stressful times
October 10, 2025 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time to the editor: Not enough has been said about the countless unpopular and…