It’s clear by now that the Trump administration remains furious that it is required to give immigrant detainees even the meager due process they are currently owed. So it’s setting out to change …

OXFORD, Miss. - I was an anti-war protester in college who ended up getting drafted and serving as a U.S. Army soldier in Vietnam. Burned out with protesting and not wanting to flee to Canada, I was …

It was just a few years ago that Cliff Tobey and other union miners on Minnesota’s Iron Range won significant wage increases and looked confidently to the future amid a thriving manufacturing …

When former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello introduced Bruce Springsteen to an amazed audience at Minneapolis’ First Avenue on Jan. 30, Morello said: “I believe that the …

​​In late 2025, federal immigration authorities detained a non-union janitor who’d accused contractors for Minnesota’s Ramsey County of wage theft. The worker is now in deportation …

First, some good news: There is a path out of this endless labyrinth of destabilizing crises, both foreign and domestic, being provoked by an executive branch wholly unbothered by international law …

Their claim was self-defense, sir.Just don’t believe your eyes.It’s our blood and bones And these whistles and phones Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies – Bruce Springsteen, “The Streets …

I’m a kindergarten teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, working hard and contributing to the diverse community I love. But with two children, it’s hard getting by in this precarious time — now …

When top public officials and law enforcement authorities lie routinely to cover up police misconduct, the lawless killing of innocent civilians becomes inevitable. That is why Alex Pretti and Renee …

If growing corn is a religion among Midwestern farmers, its Vatican is somewhere in central Iowa. That fact was confirmed in late January when a Des Moines-based ag consulting firm released a …

The Sac News shared on Facebook my column from Jan. 26 lamenting our loss of freedom, which generated a lot of insight in the comments, like “Art Cullen sits down when he pees.” That caused …

Democrats are buzzing over the surprise victory of Taylor Rehmet in a Texas state senate race. Rehmet won by 14 points in a Fort Worth-area district Donald Trump carried by 17 points in 2024. …

“With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I’ve raised hell about the injustice of denying 700K taxpaying Americans in DC – the same rights given to residents of the states…” — …

Stop The Presses!! Breaking News!! nnHere’s the scoop of the century, even the millennium. After three quarters of a century doing exhaustive research on the subject, your dedicated correspondent …

While the production of my Lowdown commentaries is high-tech, I confess that I’m antiquated. I still write each piece in longhand, applying my ballpoint to paper. This has caused bewildered …

Leave it to the MAGA Republicans to ring out the old year with one last blast of craven stupidity. Mike Johnson’s House crew apparently assumed that releasing Jack Smith’s recent secret testimony …

Louisville Urban League President Lyndon Pryor said something at the organization's annual Impact Luncheon in December that has been stuck on replay in my head ever since. I'm paraphrasing here, but …

We’ve been writing this weekly column for close to 20 years. This one will be our last syndicated by King Features. We have aspired to stay true to this column’s original intent, to “break the …

Little did I know just what I was in for when I clicked onto the Apple TV doc “The Big Conn.” The nefariousness of con men fascinates me, even the one I so loathe who has turned the POTUS …

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former Colorado U.S. senator and congressman who served first as a Democrat and then as a Republican, died of natural causes Dec. 30 at his ranch in Ignacio, Colorado at …