President Biden’s recent announcement that all remaining U.S. troops in Afghanistan will return home by Sept. 11, 2021,...
Apr 23, 2021
Pandemic ‘rabbit hole’: how COVID-19 has disrupted the transition to adulthood
When COVID-19 first struck, some 12 odd months, 300-plus days and a million light-years ago, I was a senior...
Mar 26, 2021
In the aftermath of the Atlanta shooting
A series of mass shootings occurred at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on March 16. Eight people — Soon...
Mar 24, 2021
COVID-19 has been a plague for democracy too
As those in vaccine-rich areas catch a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel, much...
Mar 12, 2021
Citizens want local journalism
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — March is high school winter sports championship time. Champions become heroes. Communities love heroes. I...
Mar 05, 2021
Celebrating Black History: Renaissance of the Black press
On Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside, California, sits Jammin’ Bakery and Café, a sandwich shop that recently closed....
Feb 24, 2021
A local solution to a global news crisis
BOSTON — The collapse of local news is a global crisis. And in countries around the world where...
Feb 19, 2021
America turns the page
WASHINGTON — Fireworks exploding spectacularly over a nearly deserted National Mall on Wednesday evening closed a nail-biting day...
Jan 21, 2021
Civil Rights generation sees echoes of Jim Crow in Capitol attack
WASHINGTON – Shirley Ann Queen remembers being 10 years old when Mr. Horton, the white owner of the...
Jan 18, 2021
How to recognize fascism
As the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes. As the world commemorates the 75th...
Jan 07, 2021
