If you plan to spend the day after Thanksgiving shopping, buyer beware: You could be purchasing stolen goods. Many handbags, wallets, gloves, shoes, boots, belts, jackets and other items have been heisted from their rightful owners. But there’s an easy way to ensure you aren’t buying stolen property: Just check the label. If it says “...Read more

Say what you will about President-elect Donald Trump. The man can hold a grudge.

So, too, apparently, do the neo-Nazis who marched on the Ohio state capital this month. Freshly emboldened by Trump’s re-election and competition with a rival white supremacist group in Ohio, they carried Nazi paraphernalia, shouted racist chants, and provoked a ...Read more

As long-serving members of the California Air Resources Board, we have prioritized environmental justice and community health, championing efforts to combat climate change. However, we believe state policies must thoughtfully address the consequences for communities least able to bear the associated costs.

This concern applies to CARB’s newly...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump's designated debt-busters, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, last week wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal providing the fullest accounting yet of their plans to cut "waste, fraud and abuse" — that most well-worn and oft-broken of political promises.

Indeed, an omission from the dynamic duo's piece suggests ...Read more

On Saturday at Yankee Stadium, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish (ranked No. 6 before the game) played Army’s Black Knights (No. 18) in one of the great rivalries in college football. Once known as “The Game,” the teams’ first meeting in 1913 was the moment the forward pass modernized the sport (a dazzling 35-13 win for the Irish, with ...Read more

In my role as an ecology professor for the past 20 years, I’ve thought a lot about climate change and ecosystem collapse, which naturally makes me a fun person to be around. I’ve also voted in every election since I turned 18. My experience and education give me faith in the power of small acts. At this moment, that faith is badly needed.

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To the stalwart seniors reviewing their Medicare coverage this fall: Godspeed. The open-enrollment process has become so convoluted that almost 70% of beneficiaries don’t bother to compare their options. Many are opting to migrate to Medicare Advantage, a simpler, privately run alternative paid for by the government. By 2034, more than 60% of ...Read more

Regarding Robert F. Kennedy Jr., there is little middle ground — people either love him or hate him. Which is why, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to head the Department of Health and Human Services, the haters came out. Legal health care expert Lawrence Gostin said of the nomination, “I can’t think of a darker day for ...Read more

Medicaid, the program that provides vital health insurance coverage to one in five Americans, is being targeted for deep cuts.

The effects could be devastating for some of the most vulnerable Americans, including children, pregnant women, seniors and people with disabilities. And data show that for children who lose coverage or access to basic ...Read more

As America’s unaccountably slow vote-tallying process enters its third week, one thing should now be clear: This should be the last election where anyone, of either party, questions whether the law needs to be followed.

Throughout this year’s presidential campaign, Democrats had worried that Donald Trump might not accept defeat on Nov. 5. ...Read more

For most kids, Grandma and Grandpa’s house is their favorite place to visit. Filled with toys and endless affection, treats and hugs. For ordinary people, Thanksgiving is a particularly special time to spend with family.

That wasn’t my childhood. Don’t worry — this isn’t a sob story.

My grandparents were an intense breed of Irish ...Read more

Thanksgiving was never an important holiday for me. Gathering the family from near and far for a celebratory meal wasn’t unusual; our family was composed of Italians and a small sprinkling of Irish.

Growing up, we always gathered around different tables at different houses, broke out the biscotti and anisette and whatever random pasta dish ...Read more

The Founding Fathers had a lot to say about Thanksgiving. George Washington issued his Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789. His successor, John Adams, recommended a day of fasting, humility and prayer.

But what about the Founding Mothers?

We’ve all heard of Abigail Adams, Martha Washington and Dolley Madison. Few, however, know historian, ...Read more

After 20 years and $2.3 trillion spent, after more than 100,000 American and Afghan lives lost, one would think our war in Afghanistan would be more of a reference point today. Yet, outside of a few jabs from conservatives regarding President Joe Biden's handling of the exit, the war was hardly brought up at all this election cycle — despite ...Read more

Before this year's presidential election slips into gloomy history, we should pause to slam our moldy, undemocratic vote-counting system called the Electoral College.

If Donald Trump had to win, it's good that he prevailed in both the archaic Electoral College and the national popular vote.

The popular vote should always settle who is elected...Read more

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic legacy may well depend on whether he prefers the comparative form of an adjective. Specifically, does he believe it is hard to make a living in the U.S. — or harder than it used to be?

It is not an insignificant distinction. The central conceit of economic populism, dominating both the left and the ...Read more

Thanksgiving is my favorite American holiday. Let me count some of the ways I love Thanksgiving:

Because it isn’t very commercialized.

Because it doesn’t leave out the lovelorn and the lonely.

Because it has an intrinsic honesty: It’s about being grateful.

Because it’s about as much extended family as most of us can take: just one ...Read more

Do you enjoy fruits and vegetables? Assuming the answer is yes, come next year who do you think will harvest the oranges, almonds, lettuce, strawberries, tomatoes and the other 300-plus crops grown in California?

Who will work in the state’s dairies, meat plants, and food processing factories, most located in the Central Valley?

Republican ...Read more

Talk about indoctrination in public schools.

Idaho’s resident Christian nationalist organization, the Idaho Family Policy Center, is circulating a petition to “call upon the Idaho State Legislature to pass legislation so that daily Bible readings — without instruction or comment, and with appropriate conscience protections — will once ...Read more

I’m a progressive Californian, a Black man, and I did not vote for Democratic presidential contender Kamala Harris this year or Donald Trump. I voted for Claudia De La Cruz, the Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president.

The decision was easy. With two exceptions over the last four decades of presidential elections, I have always voted ...Read more