Why is it such a struggle for Republicans to do what clearly needs to be done regarding taxes and spending? Let's get to the root of the problem. I began my work some 30 years ago with a passion to fix what was broken in our nation's low-income communities. That is, to end the cycle of ...

Mississippi leads the nation. That's not a typographical error. And it's not just a gotcha phrase, preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi leads the nation on all sorts of negative things. Once upon a time, that was true, and in some respects it still is. Mississippi has the lowest ...

Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded. Moody's, the ratings firm, announced that the U.S. government's rising debt levels will grow further if the Trump Republican package of new tax cuts is enacted. This makes lending to the United States riskier. (Moody's is the ...

The surest way to trigger the collapse of New York City is to elect an antisemitic mayor. Throughout history, rising antisemitism is a bellwether of societal ruin: When attacks on Jews are tolerated or encouraged, the dissolution of everyone's rights and the abandonment of basic freedoms ...

Donald Trump's whirlwind visit to Qatar was certainly an extravaganza: "Red and lavender carpets. Arabian horses. Glitzy chandeliers. Camels. Sword dancers," according to The New York Times. Sounded like a night at Studio 54. Back on Main Street USA, things looked less fabulous. Trump's ...

The massive cover-up of Joe Biden's mental and physical decline, which is only now being revealed by certain media types who were part of it, reminds me of a similar event more than a century ago. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke on Oct. 2, 1919, leaving him barely able to work. ...