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Obama Speaks, and It's the Truth Jun. 19, 2025
Where is Barack Obama? Democrats had been frustrated that their charismatic former president had gon... Read More
Voters Reject President Trump's Dystopian Plans for 'Public Safety' May. 12, 2025
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
President Donald Trump has been pushing mass deportations, aggressive law enforcement measures and a... Read More
What Voters Really Want for Immigration and Public Safety Reform Jul. 15, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
When it comes to immigration and public safety, Republican and Democratic platforms have become virt... Read More
The Illinois Supreme Court Cash Bail Ruling Explained Jul. 24, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
Under a landmark court ruling issued this week, Illinois will become the first state in the nation t... Read More
Money Shouldn't Determine Whether Defendants Wait for Trial in Jail or at Home Jul. 20, 2023
On Sept. 18, Illinois will become the first state in America to abolish the practice of automaticall... Read More
Justice and Safety, Not Fear, Continue To Win at the Ballot Box May. 30, 2023
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
In May, voters in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, sent a resounding message: They want solutions to ... Read More
What Police Reform Should Look Like Feb. 03, 2023
Each high-profile killing by police of an unarmed Black citizen — this week he's Tyre Nichols,... Read More
There's No Easy Way To Keep Schools Open, but Defying Schmitt Is a Good Start Jan. 07, 2022
School districts across the country face a serious new pandemic dilemma. They know the damage to stu... Read More
Attorney General's Latest Stunt Is to Imply Something Nefarious in Mask Rules Nov. 22, 2021
Step right up, Eric Schmitt's latest legal clown show is underway. The Missouri attorney general and... Read More
Welcome to the Forever Pandemic Aug. 25, 2021
This week, as President Joe Biden attempted desperately to distract from his ongoing surrender in Af... Read More
Is the Republican Party a Death Cult? Jul. 08, 2021
The childish narcissism and prideful ignorance of the American right — as personified in its i... Read More
My Plans Are Daily Ones Only Jan. 28, 2021
DR. WALLACE: I'm constantly anxious because happy moments in my life seem like they don't last very ... Read More
Trump's Self-Serving Spate of Political Rallies Could Cost Lives Oct. 14, 2020
In a normal political world, a president who deliberately endangers thousands of his own supporters ... Read More
Playing Politics With Public Safety Aug. 29, 2020
Readers of this column know I'm not much for federal intervention in state affairs. Logic tells us t... Read More
Suicide Prevention to Priority for First Responders Dec. 31, 2019
Suicide, it is well known, is increasing among America's military. It is less well-known that suicid... Read More
The Long-Term Toll of Electronic Cigarettes and Regulatory Inaction Oct. 18, 2019
News earlier in the year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that the numbe... Read More
A Moral Tale of Two Cities Oct. 08, 2019
The "progressive," so to speak, vision of politics and public life envisions tighter and tighter gov... Read More
The Homeless You Will Always Have With You, but Not Too Close Sep. 26, 2019
WASHINGTON — Every morning, I take the four morning newspapers I subscribe to into the kitchen... Read More
Dems Will Make Homelessness Worse Sep. 25, 2019
If Democrats capture the White House in 2020, your own neighborhood is likely to look like the disea... Read More
The Anti-Vaccination Movement Is Now Claiming Lives Aug. 27, 2019
The recent death of an Israeli flight attendant from measles should serve as a tragic reminder of so... Read More
