For practically my entire career, when I’ve written about the experiences of Black people I’ve had to do so using a lower case “b.” It never felt right. But that was the official style at…

Anxiety from COVID-19 has manifested itself in myriad ways — the hoarding of toilet paper and cleaning supplies, binge-watching TV shows, stocking up the freezer. Most actions are harmless, though at times have proved an…

Garold Minns, Sedgwick County’s public health officer, told county leaders Wednesday that face coverings are one of the few tools we have to curb the spread of COVID-19. “If this mask keeps a neighbor from…

Coaches at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University have signed statements declaring Election Day a mandatory day off for athletes, ensuring no practice or competition will interfere with getting student athletes to the…

If the primary elections are an indication, the Nov. 3 general election is on course to be a nightmare.  Not only will we likely not know the election’s outcome in a timely manner, but many…

The Trump administration’s decision to remove more than 9,000 troops from Germany by September is part of a dispiriting pattern. It serves little strategic purpose and will be virtually impossible to pull off. News of…

Starting in 2017, a picture slowly began to emerge from China’s far northwest: compounds surrounded by watchtowers, no trees, high fences, and reports of people being taken away without due process or explanation. Eyewitnesses and…

At Saturday night’s rally in Tulsa, President Donald Trump said he has requested health authorities to slow down testing for COVID-19 in order to keep the numbers low. “When you do testing to that extent,…

Hundreds of thousands of young people — Americans in every way except on paper — won a reprieve from possible deportation last week. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the Trump administration’s plan to…

China has decided to end any semblance of self-government for the city of Hong Kong. The mainland government could no longer tolerate either the protests against Chinese suppression of democracy on the island or a…