Ukrainian tanks on maneuvers in its conflict with Russia. (Photo: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine )
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A ban or severe limit on abortion--a near certainty by the Supreme Court, and already happening in red states--will create a new criminal class and fuel a revival of loathed "back-alley" abortions. ...
Far-right hate and violence peaked during the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, but time and justice are slowly turning the tide against the Donald Trump inspired culture war....
The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to persist, fueled by nearly 120 million unvaccinated Americans who are allowing the virus to sustain itself and potentially incubate into new, deadlier variants....
If the conservative Supreme Court determines the Second Amendment grants an absolute right to "keep and bear" arms, it will turn the nation into a free-fire zone....
Donald Trump has repeatedly scorned the "fake, fake, news," but now out of office he's whining because the mainstream media are ignoring his flagging rallies. ...
White Republican make up the overwhelming majority of unvaccinated Americans who are driving red state outbreaks--and deaths, according to recent polling....
Afghanistan has been a lost cause for more than a decade--something most Americans realize--but you wouldn't know it judging by the media and lawmakers on the left and right. ...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis must resign and allow state lawmakers to enact emergency measures to address the surge in COVID-19 cases....
Fifty years ago today (June 15) then-President Richard Nixon declared the “war on drugs." Today, Reps. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) and Cori Bush (D-MO) filed a bill in Congress to finally end it. ...
Donald Trump's presidency effectively ended with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, the biggest assault on the nation's democracy since the Civil War. ...
New York City has some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, but 50 shootings over the most recent weekend will pale in comparison, if the Supreme Court overturns a key law. ...
Prostitutes and "happy-ending" massage workers will no longer face criminal prosecution in New York City, but the men who solicit them and sex traffickers could still face arrest and jail if convicted. ...
Gun advocates claim the Second Amendment provides an absolute right to own and carry any kind of gun, but a far greater right should take precedent--the right to public safety. ...
Mick Jagger is throwing stones at anti-vaxxers who won't take coronavirus vaccines in a new song that features Nirvana and Foo Fighters member Dave Grohl. ...
Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican Congressman who is being investigated for allegedly having sex with an underage teen, saw the case take a bizarre turn....
Restricting the right to carry guns in public has a long history in the United States and does not run afoul of the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled. ...
Fox News Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity have been the biggest purveyors of Russian propaganda (Photos: Gage Skidmore)
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President Biden at his swearing in Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies)
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Keith Girard is Editor and Publisher of The New York Independent, the progressive New York web magazine. Read the latest on Celebrities, Politics, Fashion, Music, Arts, Film, TV, Theater & Pop Culture. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Billboard magazine and a reporter for the Washington Post among other media positions.
