It was a dramatic moment for U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war. Nancy Pelosi, one day after her surprise meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, told the press in Poland on Sunday: “America…
The Supreme Court’s apparent decision to reverse its landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion is a breathtaking mistake, wrong on the law, politics, history and civil rights. For the first time in the nation’s…
The final nail in the coffin to federal protection of a woman’s right to abortion was likely delivered Monday night when a draft of a forthcoming decision of the U.S. Supreme Court was leaked to…
Dear editor, I haven’t had time to study the government’s recently instituted disinformation board thoroughly, although it does remind me a bit of a couple of George Orwell standards: big brother is watching and all…
It could have been worse. That’s not the kind of statement that inspires excitement and applause, or rouses one’s fellow Kansans to ecstasies of celebration. It’s still an accurate summary of the 2022 Legislature, which…
In February, United WE released a report highlighting the growing gender inequalities in our state, particularly in healthcare. Last week, state lawmakers made a small step towards progress on this issue. The newest budget funds…
It seems like just yesterday we were arguing over who’s fault it is that we’re paying a dollar more for gas; whether we should be allowed to bet on sports; whether teachers should have to…
A blueprint for battling the toxic extremism currently gripping much of the Republican Party was provided last week by, of all sources, a Democratic state legislator in Michigan. In a floor speech that went viral,…
The Kansas Legislature could have axed the sales tax on food promptly. Read that again. Instead, Republican leaders have chosen to draw it out incrementally — essentially sticking it to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a…
The overwhelming vastness of the famed National Cathedral seemed to shrink to mere expansiveness, as Washington’s famous names, including three presidents, filled its pews Wednesday morning to honor yet another eminent insider with yet another…