What is more precious than freedom? What is more worth celebrating than the end of enslavement and embracing of freedom? Since 1863, African-Americans and many others have enthusiastically marked the legal abolition of slavery in the United States. On Jan. 1, 1863, in the middle of the Civil ...
Corruption is an enormous, global challenge, likely costing more than $1 trillion annually, or $120 for every person worldwide. World leaders have long promised to tamp down on corruption, but unfortunately, we’re getting nowhere. Now, new research identifies a surprisingly straightforward, ...
From time to time, people decide that their own life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness (to coin a phrase) take precedence over the safety of their fellow citizens. But states have laws mandating that they protect public health, sometimes at the expense of individual freedom. That ...
It took nearly three weeks for Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to go to the scene of a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, just minutes from the Pennsylvania border. Former President Donald Trump, hauling thousands of bottles of “Trump Water” along the way, made ...
Postal leadership has been all bark and no bite in recent years by failing to address the concerns of 500,000 overworked employees. In addition to enduring long hours, physical stress and dysfunctional labor relations, workers constantly fear being bitten by dogs. According to recently ...
In the revered corridors of American democracy, a relic of the past continues to undermine the essence of fair representation and majority rule. The Electoral College, a uniquely American yet absurdly antiquated system, has far outlived its purpose and must be discarded. It is time for the ...