It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee a federal right to safe and legal contraception.

The American flag — as it was intended to fly — is no longer the favored symbol of so-called patriots on the far right.

“We have no units to send you.”

The reaction among Republicans to the news that Donald Trump was convicted in New York of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records was fast and furious.

As we head into election season, the potential for misinformation is enormous and the ability of election officials to respond to artificial intelligence is limited.

Americans should be shocked that the “Appeal to Heaven” flag was displayed at the vacation home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. This flag is associated with the Christian nationalism movement, which calls for a Christian theocratic nation to replace our democracy, and the flag is a visual confirmation of this agenda pervading Alito’s judicial opinions.

Normally, a trial in the federal courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware, for lying about not being a drug addict on a form to buy a Colt Cobra .38 Special revolver would not be of much concern to the public. But since the defendant is troubled First Son Hunter Biden and the case is prosecuted by a special counsel appointed by the U.S. attorney general, the world is watching.

After conviction comes sentencing, but any time behind bars will be unlikely for Donald Trump. It’s not because his attempt to hide his tawdry tryst with Stormy Daniels in the weeks before the 2016 election wasn’t important — it was, and the subterfuge may have been crucial to his subsequent victory — it is because the minor level felonies he was found guilty of don’t warrant incarnation.

LOS ANGELES — When I used to complain about the divisiveness of American politics, my son, Henry, would often suggest I do something about it. Henry had been a poll worker during the 2020 elections, when he was 17. It was his first official job and he loved the experience. He even wrote about it in his college essays.

I live in Northern California, but I traveled to Texas to take the SAT on Saturday.

As I watched news coverage of Chicago police clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment from DePaul University’s campus on May 16, I felt a familiar dread.