My mother is from Southwestern Pennsylvania, my dad from Pittsburgh, and my in-laws from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. When I visit these places, the first thing I recognize is the dialect. My Pittsburgh grandmother spoke in tried and true Pittsburghese. The toilet was a commode. The ...

President Donald Trump is in a fight for the destiny of the Americas. Will Central and South America be free and aligned with the United States -- or will half the Western Hemisphere be forever plagued by cartels, communists and Chinese influence? The Cold War in Europe ended more than 30 ...

The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said, "If we don't have free speech, then we just don't have a free country!" Good ...

The "No Kings" protest across the nation added up to nearly 7 million people protesting President Donald Trump's reign. Dissent is upon us, catching and spreading. Shakespeare's King Lear, King Charles I of England and King Louis XVI of France met fates that upended their eras. Two kings ...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau makes one thing clear: public programs work. Data from the 2024 Supplemental Poverty Measure shows child poverty in Michigan would double without supportive public policies like refundable tax credits, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

The first week of October was Mental Illness Awareness Week, a designation by Congress since 1990 in recognition of the ongoing work of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. To help bring more understanding of the seriousness of emotional challenges that many people face, the American ...