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Clarence Page: How do we reduce the number of out-of-wedlock births? Strengthen families.

September 28, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Remember how the nation's official poverty rate fell to its lowest point on record during the pandemic? That's over. Let us recall for a moment the vast array of programs...

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 21, 2023.

Clarence Page: In defense of old-fashioned Senate dress rules

September 24, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Stop the presses! Or whatever other device to which you turn for news. Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, hard-line Republican loudmouth from the South, finally has said something with...

Former President Donald Trump after speaking at a Concerned Women for America Summit at the Capitol Hilton, in Washington, on Sept. 15, 2023. Trump, whose Supreme Court appointments led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, harshly criticized his top rival in the Republican presidential primary, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, for a six-week abortion ban that he called a "terrible thing."

Clarence Page: Are tables turning on the abortion issue since Dobbs? Be careful what you ask for.

September 20, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

I'm sure I wasn't the only TV viewer who stuck a finger in my ear and jiggled it after I heard former President Donald Trump criticize the six-week abortion ban...

Sen. Mitt Romney speaks to reporters after announcing he would not seek reelection on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 13, 2023. Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee for president, made a historic break with his party when he voted to remove former President Donald Trump from office.

Clarence Page: MAGA was only the beginning of Mitt Romney’s worries

September 17, 2023 at 8:17 a.m.

Like numerous other folks who did not support Mitt Romney's election when he was challenging then-President Barack Obama in 2012, I think he looks a lot better to me now...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates greets people in the rotunda at the Illinois State Capitol on April 19, 2023.

Clarence Page: Yes, Black parents like school choice too

September 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

So now it's Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates' turn to be pilloried for sending a child to a private high school. "That story sounds familiar," said my very...

A police officer hands out pizza to dozens of recently arrived migrants to New York City as they camp outside of the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been made into a reception center, where they try to secure temporary housing on Aug. 1, 2023, in New York City. The migrants, many from Central America and Africa, have been sleeping on the streets or at other shelters as the city continues to struggle with the influx of migrants whose numbers have surged this spring and summer.

Clarence Page: New York is having an immigration crisis? Join the club of receiving cities.

March 11, 2024 at 12:44 p.m.

Mayor Eric Adams is earning praise from Republicans, which is always a danger sign for Democrats. He's also receiving criticism from members of his own party, which is nothing out...

Linda Mobley hangs her head in prayer as she holds a book that could be banned under Florida's newly adopted curriculum standards on African American history during an Aug. 10, 2023, education town hall at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Miami Gardens.

Clarence Page: When is a book ban not a ‘ban’? Officials dance around censorship efforts.

March 12, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

With abortion prohibitions looking more like a loser than a surefire winner for Republicans, it may be no coincidence that the presidential race suddenly seems to be consumed by a...

University of North Carolina students, faculty members and family hold a candlelight vigil on Aug. 30, 2023, in Chapel Hill in honor of professor Zijie Yan, who was fatally shot on campus.

Clarence Page: ‘Can you hear gunshots?’ Student texts reveal horrors from inside an active shooter lockdown.

September 3, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

An "active shooter" situation is a hell of a way to start a school year — and I do mean hell. That's what it was like for students at the...

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy after the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee, on Aug. 23, 2023. Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur and author, commanded considerable attention during the first Republican primary debate as his standing was rising in national polls.

Clarence Page: Not even the reality of racial violence can overcome the razzle-dazzle of a presidential candidate

August 30, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic March on Washington, much of his dream is still just a dream. I'd like to offer a more cheerful message,...

Republican presidential candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley participate in the first debate of the GOP primary season Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.

Clarence Page: Republicans seek strength in the GOP debate after Donald Trump’s indictments

August 27, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Vivek Ramaswamy got off to a great start in this primary season's first Republican presidential debate, and then things slid rapidly downhill. The 38-year-old entrepreneur and graduate of Harvard University...

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