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Candace Owens is spiraling. Conservatives ought to ignore it.

yesterday 10

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Nicole Russell

After Kirk, conservatives worry about free speech. They aren't alone.

When Charlie Kirk was assassinated while speaking in front of a crowd of college students on Sept. 10, something fundamental changed in our...

yesterday 5

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Ingrid Jacques

I'm caregiving for my dad, Jesse Jackson. Caregivers need real support.

Over the past five years, along with every one of my siblings, I took on a new and difficult role: serving as a caregiver for my father, the Rev....

yesterday 20

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Jesse Jackson Jr. 

I spent Thanksgiving fighting for my life. I gained so much more.

I've long thought Thanksgiving is an underappreciated holiday, sandwiched between Halloween and Christmas. I especially feel that way since the...

yesterday 4

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Blake Fontenay 

If you expect transparency on Epstein now, you don't get the swamp

Transparency. It’s the favorite word of every candidate running for office – a glittering promise to "drain the swamp" and expose the hidden...

yesterday 4

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Cameron Smith

What our out of office messages would say if we were honest

Every year at Thanksgiving, inboxes fill with Out of Office replies. Sometimes they’re for happy reasons, family gatherings, holidays or vacation...

yesterday 4

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Dawn Huckelbridge

Telling troops to follow the law is a crime in the Trump era

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired U.S. Navy pilot of Arizona, is now being investigated by Pentagon officials for something clearly forbidden...

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Rex Huppke

McMahon's plan to dismantle Education Department misses the point

When U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon claimed in USA TODAY that the recent government shutdown showed “how little...

previous day 1

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Jacqueline Rodriguez And Chad Rummel 

Free speech protects libraries. What Tennessee is doing is censorship.

In an attempt to broaden the scope of book-banning efforts, the state of Tennessee is trying to make public librarians act as censors. It’s a bad...

previous day 1

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Ken Paulson

The government is standing in the way of your brain's health

If not for years of brain research, I would be living in unending, unremitting pain. My head would be twisted to one side, and I’d cope as best I...

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Michelle Heritage 

We have different views, but I won't ruin Thanksgiving with Trump talk

For this Forum installment, we wanted to know how you navigate the potential political minefield of family gatherings. We asked you if there are...

previous day 3

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Forum 

'Stranger Things' helps us confront past's demons, real and imagined

As we near the end of the show "Stranger Things," it’s worth wondering why the retro-nerdy, satanic panic, sci-fi/horror mashup has such a huge...

sunday 10

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Jason C. Bivins

You don't need to give up a career to be a mom. There's a better way.

I picked up my youngest son and his two friends from middle school and "puzzle club" recently, where a slew of sixth graders had been learning to...

sunday 2

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Nicole Russell

How much is too much to spend on a holiday gift? Vote in our poll.

My wife and I asked the question that many parents start asking every time as the holidays approach. How much are we spending? Between Thanksgiving...

sunday 6

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Louie Villalobos 

Patel, Ramaswamy made their bed with MAGA. But racism is racism.

During the recent Diwali period to celebrate a South Asian festival, FBI Director Kash Patel, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and...

22.11.2025 20

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Pranav Jani

This is the water quality crisis you're not paying attention to

Water quality has been a major news headline in 2025, and much attention was paid to the cause of nitrates in central Iowa water. However, a little...

22.11.2025 2

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Connie Hammersley-Wilson 

Trump is complicit at best in hiding the truth about 9/11

“Things happen.” This is how our president, who took an oath to defend the Constitution and uphold the law, responded Nov. 18 to a question on...

22.11.2025 20

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Mike Kelly

Trump is 'cheering' for Mamdani. Don't expect it to last.

After calling the New York City mayor-elect a “communist” and “lunatic” over the past several months, questioning his citizenship and...

21.11.2025 8

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Sara Pequeño