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O’NEILL: Kennedy can’t carry his own family
The News-Herald· 8 hours ago“Blood is thicker than water” is an old adage. President John F. Kennedy took heat and stood his ground when he appointed his younger brother, Bobby...
The campus is coming for Joe Biden
The Economist· 3 hours agoAconnoisseur of radical chic can find plenty to catalogue these days while observing pro-Palestine protests on Ivy League campuses: the black or red...
Hubert H. Humphrey statue could be going to U.S. Capitol
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 3 days agoHubert H. Humphrey could be going back to Washington — as a statue. State legislators have proposed spending $300,000 to make a statue of the late Minnesota politician — who pushed the Democratic ...
Clarence Page: A new Chicago mayor faces similar issues to the ones that dogged Richard J. Daley in...
Chicago Tribune· 12 hours agoYes, the 1968 convention, in case you weren’t around, was the one widely and unpleasantly remembered...
This Year’s Democratic Convention Won’t Be a Replay of 1968
New York Magazine· 7 days agoWhen the Democratic National Committee chose Chicago as the site of the party’s 2024 national...
Opinion: Biden facing a familiar problem | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 6 days agoThe threat to President Joe Biden's re-election from progressive critics of his support of Israel's...
A rushed farm bill is a bad one
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA five-year farm bill was supposed to have been approved last year, but was held up in the House over disagreements on food stamps, conservation, crop...
How the Israel-Gaza Protests Could Hurt the Democratic Party
New York Times· 4 days agoIt’s a nightmare scenario for Democrats: Protesters disrupt their convention this summer; they clash...
Are these streaks made to be broken? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 2 days agoNot only are Republicans trying to regain control of the Senate, but they’re also trying to break a couple of decadeslong losing streaks along the way....
Regina King stands out in uneven biopic about political trailblazer Shirley Chisholm
National Catholic Reporter· 5 days ago"Shirley" could have been better, muses critic Chris Byrd, but it is doubtful that Regina King could...