Finally! The Republican majority Senate voted to end the longest government shutdown in history with the support of a handful of Democrats. It is highly …

“Humans are not good people," Bill Maher once stated during a monologue, warning us not to make the mistake of judging historical events from the …

This column is dedicated to the legacy of Hamaludin Mohammed who announced last week that he was leaving the pages of this publication. He set …

I wish everyone would stop talking about the ideals touted as the foundations of America’s democratic constitution. All the establishing premises of the United States …

“What’s past is prologue,” a line from Shakespeare’s play, “The Tempest,” is often quoted and has become quite commonplace. The phrase offers both an opportunity …

This is another fourth that I will not hang out any US flags or bunting to celebrate the USA’s declaration of freedom from the tyranny …

Say what you want about Juneteenth, either it is just so much ado about getting news after-the-fact, or another opportunity to raise national – no, …

You get a pardon! You get a pardon! And you get a pardon! Granting presidential pardons is the absolute right of all US presidents, to …

April 30 marks the end of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, but there is no call for celebration. Just the opposite. …

I am reading another chapter of American history: "Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War," by Edda Fields-Black. …