Opinion & Essay

It turns out trading people's Medicaid and Medicare coverage for tax cuts for the very richest is not a winning message.

America’s teachers don’t need guns. What they need is a commitment to preserve schools as places where students and staff feel safe and nourished.

It's hard to envision an upside of ticking off the Canadians, of all people, unless his goal is to make us a detestable laughingstock worldwide.

In this send-up of spiritual retreats, just about everything speaks louder than words.

A few months ago, I went paragliding with my friend Christian above Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala. He was ...

New congressman has muzzled Donald Trump, who has been blessedly mute on Twitter about his Pennsylvania election humiliation.

In thinking about International Women's Day last week, I was reminded of the growing strength of women in the Zapatista movement of my native Mexico.

As video games evolved from side-scrolling beat-em-ups to intricately layered, cinematic narratives, why didn’t films based on them get any better?

Fear is contagious. And Republicans should be terrified about Tuesday night's congressional race in southwestern Pennsylvania.

You can tell Republicans are bracing for a humiliating congressional election defeat tonight in southwestern Pennsylvania by tracking their increasingly desperate behavior.

It's often said that one's moral courage is truly tested in times of crisis; leave it to the Republicans to dwell exclusively in the realm of dollars and cents.

In the surprising second part of the 'Lydie Breeze' trilogy of plays by John Guare, the Civil War is over and a highly uncivil one begins.

If anyone out there can truly explain what's going on with Trump and North Korea, please raise your hand.

Grade-school characters tell a story about being black and poor in the '40s, adapted from Toni Morrison's novel.