Nobody is cutting off Biden’s mic or dictating his decisions. The fictional conservative narrative contradicts what people can see for themselves.
Author: Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY
COVID and wildfires gave us an education instead of a vacation. We’ll never be the same.
We were looking forward to beautiful scenery and celebrating birthdays with our sons. But the delta variant and climate change had other plans for us.
A pile of forgotten shoes snapped me back to pre-COVID reality. But the aftershocks won’t stop.
A couple of months ago, I would have said COVID didn’t change my life much. Now I know better. We’ve all changed in ways we didn’t notice or predict.
January 6 Commission defeat previews dangerous failures to come on voting and elections
The Senate will break your heart and imperil your democracy. A 1/6 Commission is only the first failure-by-filibuster we’re likely to see.
Yo-Yo Ma talks COVID, hope and anti-Asian hate: ‘Why is anybody surprised?’
Being of use in a pandemic and how a ‘beginner’s mind’ can help us move past divisions: Words and music from Yo-Yo Ma in a USA TODAY interview
Georgia, if you’re listening, ignore conservatives peddling socialist Senate hallucinations
It has been a wearying political year, no question, but only you can give America this gift: a constructive presidency that will improve people’s lives.
Resolve after appalling Roger Stone commutation: Don’t let Donald Trump break us, America.
COVID and Trump have brought America to its knees. The utter failure of our system has allowed him to scale new heights of corruption each week.
Trump’s chaotic coronavirus presidency: Historically divisive and, for some, fatal
Trump is stoking division even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Has he misjudged his country? We’ll know for sure in November, but history suggests yes.
Warren, Klobuchar, Harris, Gillibrand: Did gender sink Democratic women in 2020? Nope.
Elizabeth Warren is a disrupter at a time when many voters are exhausted by Donald Trump and looking for salve. That is why the odds are on Joe Biden.
Valerie Harper’s death reminded me of my rant about ‘Rhoda’ and the great response I got
A pioneering writer’s answer to my frustrated letter about a TV sitcom crystallizes a key moment in feminist history. We were on the cusp of change.