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Maya Dena Hairston
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Community

This is why King’s life, legacy, and hope still matter

Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in moving us forward, but much work remains to be done. I am hopeful for the future, because I believe there is more good than bad.

7 years ago

Phoenix Best plays Eponine in the national Broadway tour of
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Arts & Entertainment

Phoenix Best, straight to Broadway and now playing her home town

The actress, from Philadelphia's Mt. Airy, graduated from DeSales University and became a Broadway understudy only a month after arriving in New York.

7 years ago

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Charles Howard is shown in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
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Community

Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate

This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers on immigration policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018, in Washington. From left, Trump, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The camera doesn’t lie: On immigration, Trump is rudderless

Based on yesterday's meeting, he believes in everything that everyone in both parties said — although he'd be fine with endorsing all of it or none of it.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump's White House Senior Adviser Stephen Miller arrives for a state dinner for President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the Akasaka Palace, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017, in Tokyo.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Bravo, Jake Tapper: ‘I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time’

In the spirit of balance, cable news anchors have tried to book Trump defenders who respect facts and civil engagement. All too often, the guests rant and rave and lie.

7 years ago

This image released by NBC shows Oprah Winfrey accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2018.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The politics of celebrity: Oprah stokes the buzz

If Oprah Winfrey intended to hose down her noisome boosters during last night's speech at the Golden Globes, she failed miserably.

7 years ago

This image released by Disney Pixar shows a scene from the film
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Arts & Entertainment

If movie franchises rule the box office, what can we learn from the exceptions?

Out of the 31 films to gross at least $100 million last year at North American box offices, 25 were based on some form of IP. But what about those other six?

7 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Congress to sick kids in Delaware: Drop dead, maybe

2017 came and went, and with it hope that Congress would come to the aid of millions of kids in Delaware and all across the country depending on them for their health care.

7 years ago

The New York Times published a series of articles based on the secret Pentagon papers in 1971.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Censorship stupidity: Trump tries to keep the Wolff from his door

How fitting that Trump's attempt to block the release of a devastating book roughly parallels Richard Nixon's attempt to block the release of the Pentagon Papers.

7 years ago

White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Dysfunctional Trump, battered by tell-all tidbits

There's no way that Trump can blame "Democrats" or the "Deep State." Everybody in the White House leaks about the mad king.

7 years ago

President-elect Donald Trump, center, eats dinner with Mitt Romney, right, and Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at Jean-Georges restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Which Mitt Romney would serve in the Senate?

More sane voices are sorely needed, and if the Mitt of March '16 shows up, all the better. We'll take all help we can get.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump waves to the crowd after speaking at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, June 21, 2017. This is Trump's first visit to Iowa since the election.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Enough already with the Trump voters. They’re not the real story anymore.

Yes, Trump fans, we're listening to you. Endlessly. We keep journeying to your communities, the supposed "real America," just to indulge you.

7 years ago

The ball drops during the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square on Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017, in New York.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

New Year’s resolutions for the usual suspects

Can we regain our footing as a nation in 2018? Perhaps it can happen if the usual suspects heed my suggested resolutions.

7 years ago

Britain's Prince Harry, right, interviews former U.S. President Barack Obama
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Year-end trifecta: Churchill, Trump, Obama

Let's ring out the old year by cleaning out the cupboard.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
National Interest
Politics & Policy

The 2017 Trump prevarication pop quiz

In honor of Donald Trump's most towering achievement — no previous president can touch his talent for serial falsity — my year-end pop quiz features only one question:

7 years ago

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