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A protester holds a sign during a rally to call attention to the ICE detention of children and families at Daley Plaza on July 10, 2020, in Chicago. Chicago is a sanctuary city.

Column: In the debate, Trump kept demonizing immigrants

March 11, 2024 at 1:58 p.m.

A fanatic has been defined as someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. It's a good description of President Donald Trump, who began his quest for...

U.S. soldiers in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Sept. 26, 2019.

Column: Will Joe Biden end the wars Donald Trump hasn’t?

October 21, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

If you listened long enough to Donald Trump during his first presidential campaign, you could find grounds to hope that he would make some badly needed changes in American foreign...

October on Mount Desert Island in Maine offers hiking, stunning views, sea snails and blueberry pie

October 14, 2020 at 8:58 a.m.

For much of the year, Cadillac Mountain is the first place that sunlight hits in the United States each morning. But on an early October afternoon last year, what was...

The Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 5, 2020, as the justices began a new term following the recent death of their colleague, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Column: Democrats should reject court-packing

October 9, 2020 at 12:35 p.m.

Joe Biden and the Democratic Party apparently think they are on their way to a decisive victory on Nov. 3, and they may be right. He could find himself in...

The sun sets over West Madison Street on the autumnal equinox, Sept. 22, 2020, in Chicago.

Column: We’ll soon go off daylight saving time. But why?

October 8, 2020 at 9:07 a.m.

In the coming weeks, leaves will fall, plants will shrivel, temperatures will sink and Americans will experience growing dread over the unpleasant experience that awaits us in November. No, not...

Some of the boxes of food distributed on Sept. 29, 2020, by the Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corp. in Chicago came from a federally funded program and contained a letter from the White House bearing the signature of President Donald Trump.

Column: Trump keeps finding new ways to celebrate himself

October 5, 2020 at 2:32 p.m.

Donald Trump left his hospital suite to take a victory lap on Sunday, and Monday afternoon tweeted that he would be returning to the White House in the evening. The...

President Donald Trump holds up his face mask during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland.

Column: The price of Trump’s reckless COVID-19 conduct

October 2, 2020 at 12:33 p.m.

President Donald Trump is likely to survive his infection with the coronavirus. But it's hard to imagine how his reelection campaign can. The president has trailed Joe Biden in national...

Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and President Donald Trump's choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 29, 2020.

Column: Amy Coney Barrett’s malignant view of the Constitution

September 30, 2020 at 2:10 p.m.

One of the chief dividing lines in American politics is how Supreme Court justices interpret the Constitution. Rarely has that line been brighter than today. The enthusiasm for Amy Coney...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-Mass., right, speaks and Vice President Richard M. Nixon listens during the fourth presidential debate from a New York studio on Oct. 21, 1960.

Column: Tuesday’s presidential debate may be a great show, but it’ll be irrelevant

September 25, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

The first debate is typically the most dramatic occasion of every general election presidential campaign. Two (or three) rivals who have been contending with each other from a distance finally...

The body of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington.

Column: How to overcome a conservative Supreme Court and protect abortion rights

September 23, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

Among Americans who are not politically conservative, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her pending replacement evoke anger and despair. A court with an impregnable 6-3...

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