It seems Ernest Shackleton’s legend has set sail again, this time courtesy of National Geographic and Disney+, which just released a new documentary on the discovery of the famed Anglo Irish explorer’s lost ship.

Shackleton is best known for the trials of his ill-fated expedition to Antarctica, which set off in summer 1914 and saw his ship ...Read more

Donald Trump doesn't drain the swamp, despite his promises. He just puts his own brand on it, like everything else he touches, and sells. And he transports it: Wherever Trump is, the swamp creatures swarm to be near him.

Since he won the election Nov. 5, the habitat for hangers-on has been Mar-a-Lago, Trump's waterfront Palm Beach playground ...Read more

If you’re looking for a paragon of the renewable-energy transition, you won’t find it in most of Europe or anywhere in China or even in California. It’s a Midwestern U.S. state known more for ethanol than for wind farms, which has voted for Donald “Green New Scam” Trump in three consecutive presidential elections.

That paragon is none...Read more

The very fabric of truth is unraveling at an alarming rate. Howard Thurman's wisdom about listening for the sound of the genuine is not just relevant but urgent.

In the face of the escalating crisis of disinformation, distortion and the unsettling normalization of immoral and unethical practices, particularly in electoral politics and ...Read more

The stark divisions surrounding the recent presidential election are still with us, and will be for some time. The reason is clear: We have a crisis of belief in this country that goes much deeper than any single election.

So many people, especially young people, have lost faith in America. We have lost belief in our leaders, institutions and ...Read more

Fifty-nine letters, bound by a brittle rubber band, saved in a dresser drawer for a half-century. Wartime letters sent by my father to my mother at her family home in Chicago, written in his own hand on Navy letterhead, the precise print of an engineer, angled slightly to the right. Yellowed on the edges but otherwise pristine, each tucked in ...Read more

America’s public health could be at risk if the incoming administration doesn’t correct some of the campaign rhetoric that may have helped Donald Trump win an election but has no merit now that voting is over.

For example, inaccurate comments about water fluoridation that prospective U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary ...Read more

Immigration is essential to America’s health, otherwise we would be losing population and heading to a downward economic spiral. According to Census Bureau figures published Thursday, international migration accounted for about 84% of the country’s roughly 3.3-million-person increase between 2023 and 2024; without it, the U.S. population ...Read more

In a new study, an experimental obesity drug from Novo Nordisk called CagriSema allowed people to lose more than 20% of their body weight, on average, a result that caused the Danish company’s stock price to fall by as much as 29%. Yes, fall.

For anyone not closely following the heated race for obesity drug dominance (there must be a few of ...Read more

A rude surprise could be in store for the millions of Americans who get health coverage through the Affordable Care Act. If Congress doesn’t act next year, enhanced premium subsidies will expire by December, causing enrollees’ payments to increase by more than 75% on average.

Officials estimate more than 2 million people will become ...Read more

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s years of devotion to President-elect Donald Trump may have finally paid off.

Despite having the thinnest resume in the history of Homeland Security secretaries, the two-term governor appears poised for easy confirmation by a Senate that views her as relatively normal compared to some of Trump’s more ...Read more

This country has always had a hypocritical relationship with the undocumented workers who keep America's agricultural, construction and hospitality industries humming.

On one hand, we simply cannot function without them. On the other, xenophobic politicians whip up fear and mistrust of workers on the lowest economic rungs when it serves their ...Read more

At the end of a bitter and closely divided election season, there’s a genuine bright spot for democracy from our 49th state: Alaskans decided to keep the state’s system of open primaries and ranked choice voting because it is working.

This is good news not only for Alaska, but for all of us ready for a government that works together to get ...Read more

Donald Trump complaining about critical coverage says that “we have to straighten out the press. Our press is very corrupt” as though the government will be correcting the press. He has it exactly backward, as it is the free press that corrects and straightens out corrupt government.

Look no further than the reporting of Daily News ...Read more

In Alcoholics Anonymous, the first step toward recovery is to acknowledge that you have a problem. You can’t get better until you admit that you’re not well.

But our universities won’t do that.

Look no further than the recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights of Expression, or FIRE. Surveying more than 6,000 faculty ...Read more

Earlier this month, we lost a voice that rang for decades with the clarity of truth and the warmth of eternal joy. Nikki Giovanni, the acclaimed poet, professor and icon of the Black Arts movement, passed away at the age of 81.

The news struck me with the force of personal loss — not just because we lost a literary giant but because Giovanni...Read more

As he assembles his team for a second term, President-elect Donald Trump is entitled to some latitude, even for his more unconventional picks. Yet not all executive-branch positions are created equal. Senate Republicans should be willing to draw a line when it comes to national security.

Of particular concern are the nation’s intelligence ...Read more

As science continues its evolution, discoveries and technologies can act like a master key that opens doors that lead to novel advancements. Artificial intelligence is one such key, making innovations possible by solving complex problems, automating tasks and enabling research that would have been impossible, or very time-consuming, without it. ...Read more