It should not have been surprising that President Donald Trump had be goaded by civil rights leaders into issuing a statement acknowledging Martin Luther King Day 2026.

How did we get to the point where the president can say and do things that put our culture and democracy at risk, and it’s just shrugged off as if it were normal?  

President Trump might be popping corks to toast what he called “one of the most stunning, effective, and powerful displays of American military might and competence in American history.” Celebrations, however, are premature. In reality, the assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping and transfer of President Maduro to New York to stand trial in US court are by no means a done deal. On closer scrutiny, more questions than answers are apparent

After more than two years of Israel’s assault on Gaza, one might think that there would be appreciable improvement in the way the Israeli/Palestinian issue is understood and presented. But US press treatment of last week’s meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it clear we still have a long way to go.