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Fri, July 19, 2019 | 21:38

Trump is right about one thing: Citizenship is big deal

In backing down from his plan to include a question about U.S. citizenship on next year's census form, President Donald Trump recently gave credence to the claims of critics that his administration had an ulterior _ and partisan _ motive in pressing for inclusion of the question.

2019-07-18 17:18

One of those men accused of sexual assault

Of course, the president was going to permit a strip club to host a tournament at one of his golf clubs, Trump Doral. Only after bad publicity did the club itself pull out. Trump is just one of those men who seems to have it in for women.

2019-07-17 17:17

Checking up on Colin Kaepernick

All Americans have a stake in what becomes of a fellow citizen who encounters consequences for exercising our highly prized right to speak freely. So let's check on Colin Kaepernick.

2019-07-16 17:22

Darroch's resignation reflects troubles in two democracies

The resignation of the British ambassador to Washington on Wednesday was about something much bigger than President Donald Trump's anger at leaked diplomatic cables that dissed him.

2019-07-14 15:42

Cruel, unnecessary ICE raids are back on

The dreaded ICE raids Part II are on again. As early as Sunday, undocumented members of our community - including entire families with deportation orders - are in danger of being rounded up at dawn by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

2019-07-14 15:40

Soccer stars should avoid normalizing the abnormal

The United States women's soccer team won the World Cup final on July 7 with a splendid shutout against the Netherlands. President Donald Trump said last week that he will fete the team in the White House, despite his annoyance with Megan Rapinoe, a star player who said in graphic and emphatic terms that she would not accept Trump's invitation.

2019-07-12 16:07

Jeffrey Epstein's power and wealth must not be a shield

Only the most naive would believe that power and wealth aren't the best defense for the guilty.This is what makes the stomach-turning case against mega-rich financier Jeffrey Epstein so much the more galling. We don't want to believe that what happened in his case could happen in a nation under rule of law.

2019-07-11 16:58

British diplomat gets run over by Brexit bus

A few days ago, the U.K.'s former spy chief warned his country is going through a political nervous breakdown. The leak of confidential memos by Britain's ambassador to Washington about Donald Trump's administration only seems to make that official.

2019-07-10 17:18

When stock market does reflect real economy

It's often said that the stock market is not the real economy, meaning: Wall Street traders make educated guesses about the future, so don't read too much into this or that moment's results. Stocks bounce around. GDP numbers, hiring and other data better reflect the nation's health.

2019-07-09 17:39

Turning back on Jeffrey Epstein's sex victims

Private lawyers allowed sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein to escape justice. Epstein's new defense team works for the federal government.

2019-07-08 17:27

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