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OP-ED: George H.W. Bush and Adam Clayton Powell on civil rights

I will always fondly remember from my political career two individuals. They were different as night and day. One a Republican president who became my friend and the other a Democrat born in Connecticut who would become my congressional role model — even though I never met him as I was in ...

OP-ED: Putin can win only if Josh Hawley-esque isolationists multiply

WASHINGTON — In autumn 1941, a few German units in HitlerÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ drive toward Moscow reached the cityÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ outer suburbs, close enough to see the KremlinÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ spires. Then Soviet forces counterattacked against a German army that lacked winter clothing because the high command had promised that the ...

Cheers & Jeers

<strong>Cheers:</strong> As the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ reported Sunday, student meal debt continues to rise in the wake of a move by federal lawmakers to end funding that made school meals free for all students during the pandemic. The programÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ end comes at the same time ...

Maternal mortality rate points to problems in health system

Throughout the majority of human history, giving birth to a baby has been a dangerous pursuit.Hundreds of years ago, when knowledge of pregnancy and childbirth was still largely shrouded in mystery, as many as 30% of all women would die while giving birth. Even in times that are more recent, ...