Back on a sunny Saturday in September, a section of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard under the train trestle was blocked off as a film crew shot scenes for a national Bridgestone tire commercial. Lights were spread out in the underpass, the road was watered down, cameras were mounted at vari…
If a U.S. president was just itching to militarize the streets of a politically unfriendly American city like some blustery third-world despot, how would he go about it?
Whoever claimed trade wars are easy to win clearly wasn鈥檛 an American farmer. Witness the enormous collateral damage America鈥檚 soybean produce…
Theoretically, it is obvious that President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs won鈥檛 restore American economic competitiveness, won鈥檛 bring back the glory…
The news that immigration officials can resume accepting DACA applications marks another turn in a long and exhausting legal battle over the i…
The health of the people of this nation is too serious for the sort of unscientific and just plain made-up stuff we are seeing promoted too of…
In the month after President Vladimir Putin flew to Alaska to meet his American counterpart, Russia increased its airstrikes on Ukraine by nea…
In our divided nation, it is difficult to write something that irritates both political sides in equal measure, but Kamala Harris improbably h…
Nine years ago, progressives wanted James Comey strung up in the public square. Today, he鈥檚 their cause celebre. How times change.
President Donald Trump did not learn his lesson from his first administration when his trade war with China created such a financial catastrop…
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble, retired minister of Yakima鈥檚 Mount Hope Baptist Church, had a firsthand view of civil rights history in the 1960s.
The Columbia-Snake River agreement recently announced by the Biden administration is a positive step. It moves us closer toward the modern, de…
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An open letter to Republicans in the 黑料福利社:
Most of us have heard the answer 鈥淣o, might does not make right.鈥 Yet as David Hume showed, most cultures are built on the answer being 鈥淵es.鈥
I opened another loathsome email recently 鈥 this one from a MAGA-maniac who was foaming at the mouth after listening to one of Rural Americans…
Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, who wrote so many of the 鈥淔ederalist Papers鈥 in the late 1780s to persuade people to ratify our proposed…
So, what do you want to do when you graduate?
Racism is an ugly word, and what it creates is even uglier.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, or the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause, bars from office any person…
The League of Women Voters of Yakima County regrets to announce the cancellation of the Candidates Forum for the upcoming Yakima City Council …
The Tri-City Herald published an article on Feb. 21 revisiting what they called 鈥渙ne of the worst crime sprees in Tri-City history.鈥 It was pa…
I had a pit in my stomach as I listened to a recent KIT interview regarding Narcan vending machines in Yakima.
In the media there have been constant reports of efforts to curb the world鈥檚 climate changes.
Alzheimer鈥檚 disease was first named and described in 1910. It is disgraceful that for most of the 20th century, the disease was underfunded by…
This Labor Day, please join me and my colleagues in our Occupational Safety and Health Administration regional office as we pause to honor the…
As we celebrate another Primary Election Day 鈥 yet another opportunity to celebrate the promise of our democracy 鈥 it鈥檚 hard to escape the rea…
Once upon a time in America, college was expensive, but student loan repayment was usually affordable.
鈥淏e careful what you say or do, for it will be remembered for the next seven generations.鈥
Many wonder at the rise and tenacity of Donald Trump鈥檚 support. We should not. Our government was, and is, stricken with faction, dysfunction,…
In March, President Joe Biden committed his administration to restoring Columbia Basin salmon and steelhead to abundance to stave off extincti…
The ruling was completely unexpected. By a 7-2 vote on June 15, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act.
The Framers of the U.S. Constitution aspired to engage in a 鈥渓ively experiment.鈥
Powering our economy through renewable energy is no longer a futuristic dream; it is realistic and continues to build more momentum each day. …
In May, we observe Mental Health Awareness Month. Considering that 1 in 5 U.S. adults lives with a mental health condition, it鈥檚 essential tha…
Aboard the papal plane on April 30, Pope Francis said talks were underway to return artifacts to Indigenous people in Canada.
There is a housing crisis in rural America, including in our community, and the federal response needs to be up to the task.
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