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Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

Dameiya McMillian · April 27, 2026 6:00 am

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest high school winner

Jared Kushner, left, and Steve Witkoff, Special Envoy for Peace Missions listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference after meeting with representatives from Pakistan and Iran, Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

What happens the day after tomorrow in Iran?

An Iranian Shahed exploding drone launched by Russia flies through the sky

Why Russia is bombing Ukraine in daylight

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

Why the CIA deaths are a problem for Mexico

In this Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 photo, people walk through the Fashion Island shopping center in Newport Beach, Calif. A confluence of factors has led to a muted approach to holiday shopping in 2012 - bad news for retailers, which can make up to 40 percent of annual sales during November and December and were counting on the last weekend before Christmas to make up for lost dollars earlier in the season. The Saturday before Christmas was expected to be the second biggest sales day behind the Friday after Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

The discreet erosion of US household savings

Daniel Elmore February 2, 2024 12:42 pm

Police scuffle and detain an anti-government demonstrator during a protest in Havana, Cuba, Sunday July 11, 2021. Hundreds of demonstrators went out to the streets in several cities in Cuba to protest against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs, amid the new coronavirus crisis.

Black lives matter — except in Cuba?

Michael Rubin February 2, 2024 10:44 am

This image released by Disney shows Chadwick Boseman, center, in a scene from Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Infinity War."

Chicago students watch Black Panther to learn ‘Afrofuturism’ and activism

Matt Lamb February 2, 2024 10:32 am

Zuckerberg should apologize for the harms of social media

Parker Miller February 2, 2024 10:24 am

President Donald Trump displays the $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package he had just signed, Friday, Dec. 22, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Trump touted the size of the tax cut, declaring to reporters in the Oval Office before he signed it Friday that "the numbers will speak." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Republican tax cuts benefited working families and US economy

Bruce Thompson February 2, 2024 6:00 am

Prosecuting crimes can fix DC’s crime problem

Maggie Cleary Kilgore February 2, 2024 6:00 am

Who’s afraid of Taylor Swift?

Madeline Fry Schultz February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

The millennial failure to launch

Conn Carroll February 1, 2024 8:00 pm

Most voters felt it was too early for ‘Trump’s rivals to quit’ in GOP primary

Christopher Tremoglie February 1, 2024 7:30 pm

Black History’s Heroes Series: Bass Reeves

Christopher Tremoglie February 1, 2024 5:51 pm

Donald Trump is right to court the Teamsters union

Jeremiah Poff February 1, 2024 5:20 pm

President Donald Trump listens as Chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, right, speaks during a campaign rally Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Together they have broken several fundraising records.

Republicans are going broke, and they can’t blame it on Bidenomics

Zachary Faria February 1, 2024 5:02 pm