DePetris: Is Europe stepping up to the plate?
Daniel DePetris Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s pressing problems on the battlefield and President Donald Trump’s brazen unpredictability have... Read more.
Shackelford: Who will pick up the global leadership America has abandoned?
Elizabeth Shackelford In only a few weeks, the United States has walked away — or rather sprinted — from decades of global leadership. It’s unrealistic that... Read more.
Rubin: ‘Now we are fighting against a dictator supported by a traitor’
Trudy Rubin One of the most electrifying shocks of the new Donald Trump era is how quickly the president has moved to ally with the Kremlin against Europe — and... Read more.
Contreras: Early college: Building a bridge for all students
Erika Lara Contreras Massachusetts should expand access to Early College because it is a bridge to higher education for students from low-income backgrounds, first-generation... Read more.
Domatob: Pope Francis: Priest, pastor, preacher, pontiff, and prelate
Dr. Jerry Komia Domatob Amidst life’s whirlwind, that traumatizes folks worldwide, unleashing terror, disaster, and even pandemics, leadership languishes on a... Read more.
Cowan: Under Trump, the Voice of America has fallen silent. US enemies are cheering.
Geoffrey Cowan Almost 30 years ago, toward the end of President Bill Clinton’s first term in office, Republicans in Congress forced a government shutdown that... Read more.
Rubin: Trump offers sticks for Ukraine and all carrots for Russia
Trudy Rubin Do not mistake the results of Tuesday’s phone call between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin for progress toward peace in Ukraine. Instead,... Read more.
Oney: NPR faces a real threat in defunding fight that’s coming
Steve Oney In February, Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency put the nation’s public radio network on notice. “Defund NPR,” he wrote on X.... Read more.
Hochschartner: Be like Rick Blaine from ‘Casablanca’
Jon Hochschartner I recently made my way through Maurice Isserman’s Reds: The Tragedy of American Communism. The book provides a nuanced history of the Communist... Read more.
DePetris: Is Trump actually interested in talking with Iran?
Daniel DePetris As if President Donald Trump isn’t busy enough taking a woodchipper to the federal bureaucracy, threatening to wage economic war in North America,... Read more.