Four were men, five were women. Most were straight, some gay. One was Black. They were liberal, conservative and in between. All were clever and, usually, patient. They had one thing in common: They had me for a student.
Kelli Lemon and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams return for another episode of After the Monuments where this week they're talking about white supremacy in law enforcement, Mississippi's drinking water and more. Presented by Massey Cancer Center and supported by Team He…
Years ago I had a young man working for me who was a conscientious objector. He did not want the United States to use military force in the world and so was opposed to our military budgets. Consistent with his beliefs, he and his wife dutifully filled out their federal income tax form, then …
Kelli Lemon and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Paul Williams return for another episode of After the Monuments where this week they're talking about white supremacy in law enforcement, Mississippi's drinking water and more. Presented by Massey Cancer Center and supported by Team He…
We regularly encounter stories of Americans struggling to stay financially afloat, buffeted by the day's economic challenges. So many focus on a woman who is identified a quarter of the way in as a "single mother." She's often portrayed facing impossible demands of holding a paying job while…
When Gov. Ron DeSantis referred to a “biblical storm surge,” he was assessing Hurricane Ian’s damage and, unknowingly, prophesying what’s to come in future years and decades in Florida.
Nearly every member of my family has ties to Mississippi. During school breaks, we would load up the Aerostar and head out from Detroit, down I-75 south to our grandparents' home in Cruger, a small town nestled somewhere between where Emmett Till's body was found and where Medgar Evers was assassinated.
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. — There was no time to waste. As Hurricane Ian lashed southwest Florida, Bryan Stern, a veteran of the U.S. military, and others began gathering crews, boats and even crowbars for the urgent task that would soon be at hand: rescuing hundreds of people who might get trapped by floodwaters.
The United States is playing energy inflation whack-a-mole. Gasoline prices have retreated from wallet-draining summer highs, but consumers now find themselves looking at surging natural gas and electricity bills.
We’re over two years into a global health crisis and emerging research indicates that the pandemic’s effects on our collective mental health have been significant. About two in five adults in the U.S. experience symptoms of anxiety or depression. It is a figure four times higher than before …
Ranked choice voting has been in vogue across the nation, with many cities and some states changing their elections to incorporate it.
Ranked choice voting is gaining ground across America. In August, Alaska ran its first election using the method, joining Maine, New York City and many smaller communities.
Every one of us has the right to defend our reputations against attack.
Because the Youngkin policy appears to conflate biological sex with gender - that is, it declares anatomy and identity as one in the same - a legally altered birth certificate could be an invitation for trouble.
Something noticeably different this year at Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Through its heinous human rights record,
theocracy has defiled religion it's based on
The numbers are in for Virginia Military Institute, and they don’t look good.
Commentary: What if the reason is not that things are getting worse but that we are getting worse at thinking about things in constructive ways?
It’s been three weeks since the death of Queen Elizabeth, so it’s hard to call it breaking news. But I hope you’ll indulge me in a few observations about the event, because, as chance would have it, I was on the ground in Britain at the time and got to witness some of the public reaction fir…
🎧 The hosts debate the causes of the crisis at the border and what can be done to help fix this long-term problem.
Seeking a third term - in a redrawn district whose center of gravity was shifted from the suburbs of Richmond to those of Washington. D.C. - Spanberger has a convenient target in Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
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The U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill to reform how Congress certifies electors after a presidential election. That bill (or a similar but slightly weaker Senate one) needs to pass the Senate now.
Is there no end to the mighty powers of our former President Donald Trump?
An international relations expert joins the Utterly Moderate Podcast to assess the current state of the war in Ukraine.
During an annual physical, doctors examine the heart, lungs and other vital organs. Now, a panel of health experts recommends physicians also check patients for anxiety. Dr. Lynn Bufka, from the American Psychological Association, joins CBS News New York's Mary Calvi to explain.
Dear Car Riders,
Talking with teachers about the beginning of the school year has me feeling optimistic. Everyone I talk to reports their students are energized, eager and motivated. This is a welcome change from the way students have been feeling for the past couple of years.
Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) opponents continue to do a disservice to the Roanoke Valley, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States by making false statements and spreading misinformation about this desperately needed infrastructure project. It is an undeniable truth that the MVP…
John Fetterman, aspiring to be junior U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, recently held a rally in the suburbs of Philadelphia.