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Column: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dangerously kooky. Apparently, that’s just what her voters want.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the most dangerous people in Washington. But we might as well get used to her because she isn't going anywhere soon. An overwhelming...
Column: Charging teens as adults won’t stop carjackings. It will create tougher criminals.
Without question, the carjacking in Addison was heinous. A 20-year-old woman was walking to her car in the parking lot of a Popeyes restaurant Saturday night when three males confronted...
Column: Wearing pearls in honor of Kamala Harris, my mother and hope for a new day
I wore my mother's pearls on Wednesday. They were not perfectly round or flawless, lustrous or large. They were simply the best I could afford when I gave them to...
Column: As first lady, Melania Trump always stood by her man
Melania Trump never found her voice as first lady. For four years, she could not distinguish herself as anything other than Donald Trump's wife. Like her husband, she didn't care...
Column: After the US Capitol attack, a renewed look at Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of nonviolent protest
On his last birthday in 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had breakfast with his family and then headed to his church to plan what would be his last...
Column: Impeachment was the only way to prove that an insurrection and civil unrest are not the same
The House of Representatives on Wednesday took the historic step of impeaching a U.S. president for the second time. It was the harshest punishment it could render to a head...
Column: In today’s America, the neighbor next door could be a domestic terrorist
One of the most disturbing revelations from last week's insurrection at the Capitol is that any of us could be living next door to a domestic terrorist. We always knew...
Column: White privilege — and the American caste system — were on display during the insurrection
When the insurrection on Capitol Hill was over, midlife Black men in navy blue custodial uniforms cleaned up the mess. The viral video of the janitors sweeping debris from the...
Column: In some neighborhoods, Santa is a volunteer kids see every day
Santa isn't always a jolly old man in a red velvet suit. He doesn't land on every rooftop in a gift-laden sleigh, driven by nine reindeer, one with a shiny...
Column: Anjanette Young reminds Black women of their ancestors who stood naked on a slave auction block
Once upon a time in America, Black women routinely were forced to stand naked on a slave auction block in front of hordes of white men who were trying to...