New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently announced that his government-run grocery stores will offer products at a 30% discount. The appeal of this plan is obvious. Everyone would like to pay less for milk, eggs and meat. That this plan won't work is equally obvious to anyone who ...
The Trump administration has announced a "deal" has been reached between the terrorist group Hamas that has occupied Gaza for years and Israel that will lead to Hamas' disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the strip. What would supposedly follow is a rebuilding of Gaza, which ...
Last month, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker officially designated July 25, Emmett Till's birthday, as a day of remembrance for him and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. The statewide observance on this day will continually honor Till's life and the civil rights activism of Till-Mobley, who ...
As an old-school newshound – meaning I can remember typewriters – I am familiar with the old newsroom saying, "If you don't like the news, just wait a few minutes." Lately, I find myself waiting more than a few minutes for another shoe to drop in a present-day saga widely referred to as ...
The Democratic Socialists of America don't like being called Communists, though many members might echo the sentiment of leftist influencer Hasan Piker when he says, "I don't have an issue with an end goal of communism." Yet however the group self-identifies, its agenda is openly ...
An Iran war that was supposed to be brief, and then was supposed to be over, is imposing an increasing price on Donald Trump's presidency. We've seen a second term of a Republican administration go this way before. There are distinct echoes of George W. Bush's Iraq War – the conflict that ...
