The contemporary Black reparations movement is moving in two different but dialectically linked trajectories. Over the last decade, the struggle for reparations has moved beyond the African American ...

Sociology, the discipline that studies society, is not mainstream. It is rarely taught in the K-12 curriculum. And many youths are forgoing higher education, a space where people learn how to evaluate ...

CHICAGO — In a few days, it will be $8 million easier to pluck Nate Oats. Or will it? The Alabama basketball coach has his team in the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive season. He's about to take on ...

A balcony solar panel installed at a home in Dusseldorf, Germany, is shown on July 10, 2024. Small, plug-in solar power systems have become popular in Germany and several other countries — but not so ...

To repeat what Americans have heard a lot recently, our Social Security system is in very bad shape. Per the most recent report, in 2025, of the Social Security and Medicare board of trustees, Social ...

Spring is right around the corner and change is upon us. In the midst of war that is raging within and without, near and far we truly must see that time is winding up. The writing is on the wall, ...

Alarmed by rising rates of obesity, public health officials have urged Americans for decades to eat better, move more and make healthier choices. Yet, obesity rates kept rising, peaking at 40% of ...

Bill Ready, CEO, Pinterest, speaks at the 28th annual Milken Institute Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California on May 5, 2025. Children today are living through the ...

A local member of Congress writes about the advantages of the Working Families Tax Cuts. The Working Families Tax Cuts simplified the tax code by doubling the standard deduction used by nearly 90% of ...

When I’m traveling and not talking to my neighbor, I usually look around the airplane cabin and start thinking about something to write. Airports and airplanes are some of the best places to observe ...

It’s rare when a movie sums up a concept so well that it becomes applied to the lives of almost everyone. One example from almost 20 years ago was The Bucket List, a good story about two old men who ...