Opinion

The real issue here is the Azeri-Armenian rivalry that both Moscow and Ankara are now exploiting for their own benefits.

Through eight US presidents and five Chinese communist dictator, Kissinger nurtured engagement policies with China.

Most leaders don’t recognize that their usual approach cannot solve our problems.

In a matter of years, the United States could become unrecognizable.

September labor force statistics seems to suggest that choices were indeed made, and that women were assuming the responsibility.

Even a cursory analysis of crime in America roundly debunks Trump and his allies’ claims that Democratic policies fuel violence.

A poll on the American public’s foreign policy opinions produced some startling results on China and other subjects.

Our weaknesses did not spring from a single individual, nor can they be put back in the box by a single election.

LGBTQ rights are on the ballot this year, and unless we show up to support candidates who will be our champions in Congress, we will lose decades of hard-fought progress.

A recognition of the link between location and wellbeing is leading to growing dialogue around the need to prioritize housing and development policies that promote equitable communities through all stages of life. 

We echo the calls on Congress to do what the Department of Transportation refused to and pass life-saving legislation to protect workers and the public, like the strong mask and PPE requirements included in the Essential Transportation Employee Safety Act and the Moving Forward Act.

NASA’s Artemis Accords is a significant — and dangerous — step in the commercialization of space.

Facebook and others moderate the content they release and block attempts to discuss opinions other than the official ones. 

Partisan politics is a familiar and intuitive, but ultimately inadequate explanation for school reopening patterns.

How is it possible to avoid news when the news is more abundant and accessible than ever before?

Legislators live to fight another day; that is how statesmen should comport themselves.

Adding seats to change case outcomes would drag a politicized process to new lows.

The pandemic is not controlled, the virus is not going away soon, and with these numbers, there is nothing to celebrate.

Young Americans are increasingly battling COVID-19 while experiencing social isolation, loss of connections, loneliness and mental illness in record numbers.

The cancellation of TPS would deeply impact local economies across the nation at a moment when our recovery requires every tax dollar.

Very few crime studies have focused on “illegal” immigration, as opposed to immigration generally.

Despite former Vice President Biden and his surrogates’ attempts to distance their plans from the Trump administration, there is much more similarity than divergence.

It is a time to remind ourselves of our duty to protect our communities and our country from chaos.

he financial burden of reforesting after a natural disaster is compounded at tax time when private forest owners find their ability to claim a casualty loss for destroyed timber is limited, sometimes to zero dollars. 

Both the president and the U.S. Congress must provide federal land managers with the policy tools and resources to meet that responsibility. 

History has shown that powers acquired during an emergency often outlive the original threat.

System failures, maintenance challenges, staff shortages and unraveling supply chains have resulted in a grid stretched to the breaking point.

Thousands of Black men are now back home because of President Trump’s policies.

Rather than functioning as a critical piece of our criminal justice system, our system of probation and parole has often resulted in surveillance, repression and government control.