Donald Trump isn't normally thought of as a consensus-builder, but in one sense he is. Many of Trump's most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political movement with a clear and defined set of principles and goals. They disagree only on whether that agenda is good or bad.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has been the center of the crafting of our democratic republic since its founding. It was one of the original 13 states and was the second state to ratify the 1787 U.S. Constitution, which was drafted and signed in Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
Opinion: There were no winners in the recent presidential debate. There were only losers — the American people — and we have the two major political parties to blame.
No, illegal immigrants aren't fleecing the system. They couldn't.
The fallout from President Joe Biden's miserable debate is giving me deja vu.
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America ...”
Opinion: Hawley's tone was diminishing. As a parent of a child with a disability, and a constituent of Hawley’s, I found this highly offensive.
The American flag, a symbol of national pride, has a rich and significant history. It has long stood for freedom, democracy and the pursuit of a more perfect union, embodying the collective belief in the nation’s ideals.
Just when it seems our legal system has sunk into a quagmire, a court development in Missouri shines as a beacon of hope.
When Miami recently experienced catastrophic rainfall that grounded flights for days, staff at the Women’s Emergency Network, an abortion fund that serves Florida, scrambled to help clients get in and out of the state. One woman, who had flown to Virginia for an abortion, was panicked because she didn’t have child care coverage for an extra day, says WEF’s executive director Kamila Przytula. ...
I’ve changed my mind: This week’s presidential debate matters.
Publicly funded stadia and their associated costs and benefits are making headlines in St. Louis, as they should. The ongoing debate about diverting taxpayer money from essential municipal services to wealthy developers and team owners is a critical one.
Democracy is on the ballot in 2024. Many in the pro-democracy coalition have been sounding the alarm over the threat of a second Trump presidency for some time now. It is long past time for President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party to wake up and start acting…
The first presidential election in which I am eligible to vote arrives on Nov. 5, 2024.
For as long as I can remember my mother always took me with her to the polls to vote. Whether it was a local election or a national one, I joined her as she cast her ballot. Every time, she would wear her “I Voted” sticker proudly.
The Missouri Legislature has a Republican supermajority this is not a friend to public education, which I believe is the cornerstone of democracy, lifts people out of poverty, contributes to a better quality of life and improves the economy.
The 2024 presidential election will mark the first time I will be able to vote for president. Now technically, I have voted for a president before, if you count the mock elections at my grade school. Other than that, I have never cast a ballot in any official local, state or federal election.
Conventional wisdom suggests the Supreme Court, like the country, is deeply divided along partisan and ideological lines. But this overlooks the court's historic recent run of unanimous decisions and the fact that the liberal and conservative justices often don't vote as blocs.
Opinion: This is a reminder on this Father’s Day that children need their fathers. Research tells us this as well as our human experience.
Opinion: We are becoming a nation where sex, lies and political ambition are leading us away from the principles of democracy.
Opinion: I do not want a felon president; I do not want to fear for my liberties; I do not want another Trump presidency.
Opinion: When I travel to the polls this November for the first time, I carry not just my backpack and opinion, but the struggle, strength and dignity of my ancestors.
I am a rising senior and third-year honors student, charting a course towards a degree in nonprofit management and sociology, with minors in education and mathematics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
For more than 20 years, I have held one position constant when it comes to immigration policy: We should have one.
A public servant is a servant of whom?
Recent coverage of the Danny Santulli tragedy, about a young man harmed in a fraternity hazing incident three years ago, has shined an intense light on harmful hazing practices known to take place in a small number of fraternities. (“Fraternity ‘pledge dad’ gets jail time for Mizzou hazing i…
How much will Donald Trump's conviction in the New York hush money case matter come November?
To borrow from the song written by Sonny Curtis of The Crickets, “I Fought the Law,” former president Donald Trump fought the law and the law won.
Earlier this year, Netflix released a much-heralded documentary “We Are The World — The Greatest Night in Pop.” It was about the creation of that landmark song (“We Are The World”) by numerous pop stars in 1985. The money raised from the sale of that song and related merchandise went to a ch…
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction in a Manhattan courtroom on all 34 counts should not surprise anyone who followed the trial. While the first conviction of a former president will forever be a blot on the institution, it also marks a moment of overdue accountability.
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