Opinion

Chicago has become one of the nation’s largest cities to unanimously codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism into municipal law— an extra[...]

In the America of our childhood, churches were untouchable ground – sanctuaries of refuge, worship, community and peace.They were the one place where the noise of the world fell silent and reverenc[...]

Suddenly warnings about cannabis are everywhere.At the beginning of February, researchers reported severe mental illness has spiked in young people in Canada alongside access to high-pote[...]

I once ran into Rev.Jesse Jackson.Literally.It was either 2003 or 2004 at theNAACP Fort Lauderdale Freedom Fund Dinner.I was a high school student and a member of the NAACP Youth Council, running l[...]

As I walkacross Mississippiin my "Walk Across America" campaign to help reverse the fortunes of my South Side Chicago neighborhood, I see something powerful unfolding.This state, often dismissed by[...]

Across the country, mass chaos is erupting in classrooms.Students are being encouraged and aided in walking out during school hours to protest American law enforcement. And we’re told these "d[...]

The social media star of the Trump administration is naturally PresidentDonald Trump.What’s surprising is the one who comes in second place —Secretary of StateMarco Rubio.You can hardly visit an on[...]

Time is not fungible. The time you spend reading this column cannot be "reclaimed." It is gone and it won’t be back. Which is why the "talking filibuster" proposal for theUnited Stat[...]

I grew up as the son of atraveling evangelist.My mom is truly one of the kindest people you’ll ever meet.Sadly, beneath her elegant facade was a deep fear-driven need to appear as though everything[...]