Dahleen Glanton

Democratic presidential candidates, from left, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar greet before a debate Feb. 7, 2020, in New Hampshire.

Column: It’s tough being a Democratic voter if you’re not a clairvoyant

February 17, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

If this were a normal presidential election, most Democrats would have decided by now whom they would vote for in the primaries. They simply would have weighed each candidate's message...

Director Matthew A. Cherry, left, and Deandre Arnold, the Texas teen who was told his dreadlocks violated school dress code, arrive for the 92nd Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Feb. 9, 2020.

Column: Dreadlocks should be as acceptable in the workplace as blond curly perms and man buns

February 12, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

My picture appears with my column in the baiduhai three times a week. But if most readers happened to pass me in a hallway, they probably wouldn't recognize me....

Then-national security adviser John Bolton in the Oval Office in Washington on July 19, 2019.

Column: Let’s face the truth, America: John Bolton played us.

February 10, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

John Bolton never had any intention of testifying in Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial. And he knew he would never have to. Trump's former national security adviser threw Democrats a...

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh gives a thumbs-up after receiving the Medal of Freedom from first lady Melania Trump at the State of the Union address on Feb. 4, 2020.

Column: African Americans aren’t fooled by Donald Trump’s fake love.

February 6, 2020 at 8:23 p.m.

Everyone knows that Donald Trump is a master of trickery. His latest fraud was to pretend during his State of the Union address Tuesday that he is a friend to...

Former Davenport mayor Bill Gluba and his granddaughter, Sophia Gluba, 18, left, listen to presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg during a campaign event leading up to the Iowa caucuses at St. Ambrose University in Davenport on Jan. 31. Monday was Sophia Gluba's first caucus.

Column: Young Americans will have it all soon enough. It’s time they take that burden to the voting booth.

February 5, 2020 at 12:47 p.m.

When the Illinois primaries are held in March, high school students will get to leave class for two hours in order to go vote. This isn't just a matter of...

Americans will decide in November who gets to reside in the White House.

Column: To defeat Trump, Americans must knock on doors until our knuckles are sore and take to the streets until our soles are blistered.

February 2, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

No one will come for us. Our nation is in a free-fall toward authoritarianism, and Americans who love democracy are clinging to it with one hand, barely able to hold...

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Column: It’s tough being a Democratic voter if you’re not a clairvoyant

Column: Dreadlocks should be as acceptable in the workplace as blond curly perms and man buns

Column: Let’s face the truth, America: John Bolton played us.

Column: African Americans aren’t fooled by Donald Trump’s fake love.

Column: Young Americans will have it all soon enough. It’s time they take that burden to the voting booth.

Column: To defeat Trump, Americans must knock on doors until our knuckles are sore and take to the streets until our soles are blistered.

Column: As an African American dad, Kobe Bryant set a great example. But there are millions more like him.

Column: After 1-year-old is shot in Uptown, let’s focus on the real problem — we need better gun control

Column: Donald Trump’s lawyers seem poised to defend him by cheating off Democrats’ well-researched homework

Column: Democrats at Trump’s impeachment trial should listen to the chief justice. No more ‘pettifogging.’