The world still relies far too much on burning fossil fuels for energy, but an annual accounting of new energy sources carries some heartening…
For the past 30 years, international politics have been shaped by two fundamental realities: America's unrivaled power and the forces of globa…
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As our nation continues struggling to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we are seeing a shocking trend in deaths among African Americans. Accordi…
Any other year churches would be filled for Easter services Sunday. Women would come wearing statement hats, some too big to see around from t…
In some places, the need for a collective response to the coronavirus crisis is bringing out the best of humanity, as people and mutual aid gr…
I started my career as a foreign correspondent in the 1990s, reporting and living for months on end in Sarajevo, a relatively modern European …
In October we dropped our daughter off for a two-week meditation retreat in the mountains near San Diego. As we walked from the parking lot to…
With millions of students at home as the result of coronavirus district closures, and families finding themselves thrown into "unexpected home…
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of the last surviving leaders of the U.S. civil rights movement, died in late March at the age of 98. Of all the a…
One piece of conventional wisdom circulating in the wake of Bernie Sanders' withdrawal from the Democratic presidential primary is that the CO…
As we shelter in place, hunkered down, washing our hands, it's easy to feel helpless, and worse, to feel useless. We endlessly refresh our bro…
We call ourselves a nation of innovators. As one who has taught and written about the innovation process for more than 30 years, I believe it …
While we race to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, we are in danger of forgetting what started it: our own species' blatant disrespect and disregard…
You're likely sitting at home. Just like millions of others. Not to be confused with laziness, you are selflessly fulfilling your duty to coun…
More than 10 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance in March as businesses shut their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. …
The Los Angeles Times warned in an editorial last month that the COVID-19 pandemic threatened not only the health of individuals but the democ…
Even in a pandemic, some Republicans are looking to suppress the vote for partisan political advantage. But the biggest power plays may come i…
The coronavirus outbreak is wreaking havoc on America's elections, as evidenced by the fight over Wisconsin's primary this week. One proposed …
We're all thoroughly sick of bad news about the pandemic: rising infection and mortality rates, shortages of essential medical equipment, a pr…
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"What are you afraid of?" Pope Francis asked this question during his March 27 prayer service, just two Fridays before the strangest Good Frid…
Some of us are obsessed right now with President Trump. Some are drawn to Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York. Others are preoccupied with Dr. Antho…
I am not a sailor. But I used to try to be one on a friend's sailboat, many summers ago. I sailed with a true sailor - a guy who grew up with …
Facial recognition surveillance systems are ominous. People see how these tools threaten privacy and civil liberties and consider ways they mi…
An increasingly intense struggle to succeed the aging and ailing president of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is underway. …
Commentary: Looks like Rudy Giuliani is now advising Trump on COVID-19 and hydroxychloroquine. Yikes
With the COVID-19 pandemic intensifying and the economy cratering, can the United States survive another injection of Rudy Giuliani? It looks …
While the ultimate scale of the COVID-19 pandemic remains unknown, its capacity for disruption is clear. Our fears have been stoked, our routi…
