Veterans are working to make democracy more representative
Toby Proctor Imagine this: A general election with no negative campaigning and four or five viable candidates (regardless of party affiliation) competing based on... Read more.
The corporate greed behind bird flu
Wenonah Hauter Three people, nearly 100 million chickens and 126 herds of dairy cattle across 12 states have, so far, been infected by the latest wave of avian flu... Read more.
Americans are getting our ‘pursuit of happiness’ all wrong. There’s a simple fix.
Stephanie Harrison When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our unalienable rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,... Read more.
With Trump mulling a running mate, we had experts rank vice presidents from first to worst
Justin Vaughn and Brandon Rottinghaus The campaign to serve as Donald Trump’s running mate has unfolded in an unusually public way, including a parade of potential... Read more.
Cigarette labels were bad. Social-media labels would be worse.
Stephen Mihm Last week, Vivek Murthy, surgeon general of the United States, warned that the use of social media among adolescents has contributed to a surge in anxiety... Read more.
Joe Biden can’t do it alone
Francis Wilkinson What has changed since the presidential debate last Thursday? A lot and very little. We are mostly where we were two years ago. An old president,... Read more.
Debit-card fees get a deserved hit from the Supreme Court
Stephen L. Carter Before announcing the outcome of Monday’s Supreme Court decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Justice... Read more.
The surgeon general acknowledged America’s gun-violence emergency. Here’s why that matters.
Robin Abcarian Hey, cheer up: The news is not all bad. The federal government acknowledged for the first time last week that gun violence is an urgent public-health... Read more.
Little islands could spur big trouble in the South China Sea
Elizabeth Shackelford The South China Sea has become one of the world’s most dangerous potential flashpoints. Territorial disputes in this area — often over... Read more.
After the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, can Donald Trump still be tried for Jan. 6?
Harry Litman The Supreme Court ended a tumultuous term with one final sledgehammer blow on Monday. Its decision on Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal... Read more.