There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground ...

From secret detentions to attacks on medical research and social services, our nation's democratic principles are being ...

The accolades rolling in upon Sen. Dick Durbin’s retirement are well earned. An often overlooked but central contribution is ...

Letter writers discuss American principles related to immigration, looming debt crisis and importance of a free press.

The parallels with Hitler’s tragic takeover in the 1930s are evident here today. Trump is trying to take over the judiciary, the press, the arts, the military, trade and other countries — just as Hitl ...

The words Donald Trump and his underlings use for immigrants strip away their humanity and reduce them to dangerous ...

Populist and patrician, hustler and moralist, salesman and satirist, he embodied the tensions within his America, and ours.

Trump has declared a tariff war upsetting the whole planet along with the economy and the savings and family budgets of ...

The media repeats the lies without correcting the lies with truth. The current Republican Congress has only passed a single, ...

As a retired San Jose State University faculty member (1988-2018) and a long-time unapologetic LGBTQ+ ally I read with anger, sadness and great admiration of Spartan transgendered volleyball player ...

IN THE NEWS: It has been exactly 250 years since the battle for American independence began with Paul Revere’s fabled ...

Democrats need energetic, charismatic leaders — such as Pete Buttigieg, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. Cory Booker (New ...