A small town in east Alabama is saying goodbye to someone they shouldn’t have lost. By all accounts, F.L. “Bubba” Copeland Jr. was loved by thousands in Smiths Station, a community of about 5,400. He…

From head to toe, our bodies are adapting to accommodate our devices. A majority of U.S. workers spend most of each weekday seated and looking at screens. We’ve thereby put ourselves in the midst of…

Like urban communities across the nation, Kansas City, Mo., has a public health problem. Gun violence is staggeringly high. In 2022, despite a nationwide drop in gun crime, Kansas City suffered its second-deadliest year since…

During seminary, I studied genocide with Dr. Elie Wiesel.  For three fall semesters I had a seat around a large oak table in a classroom on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. Wiesel, a Nobel Prize winner,…

This summer was the hottest on record, and September was warmer than the average July temperatures from 2001-2010. Kansas farms are on the frontlines of these changes. Persistent drought gripped a large portion of the…

Those who argue that helping our allies means it shortchanges Americans, are misguided. In defending her vote against sending aid to Israel, firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, said she doesn’t believe using “Americans’ hard…

After several weeks of publishing profiles on candidates and covering the issues on next Tuesday’s ballot, our election preview coverage concludes today. I admire our news team’s work. We reached out to dozens of candidates…

The new obesity drugs are so much in demand that the food industry has grown concerned that they might threaten future profits. The entertainment industry is speculating about which celebrities might be taking them. Amid…

On Oct. 20, President Biden requested funding from Congress that is vital to America’s national security. Congress’s swift support will allow us to continue aiding Ukraine as it defends its democracy, its land and its…

A long time ago I lay awake for hours, terrified that they would be my last ones on earth. I had committed myself to quitting cocaine, which was my second addiction, the first being years…