by Michelle Wahila | Feb 12, 2026 | Opinion
On the Fourth of July 2026, the United States will celebrate 250 years of independence. Fireworks will fill the sky, speeches will praise liberty, and the nation will tell itself the story of its freedom. Yet on that same day, a sanctuary for the arts will shut its...
by Randall Balmer | Feb 12, 2026 | Opinion
When someone issues 30,573 false or misleading statements in the space of a four-year term, as documented by the Washington Post, it’s important, in all fairness, to notice when that person actually tells the truth. Such is the case with Donald J. Trump during an...
by Craig Nash | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinion
In the 2015 documentary Mavis!, the then-75-year-old Mavis Staples reflected on the question she often gets about retirement. “I’ll stop singing when I have nothing left to say,” she said. “And we all know that ain’t never gonna happen!” Now at 86, her prediction has...
by Kristopher Norris | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinion
Being ethical is not easy. Pop culture does not often explore the deep recesses of moral philosophy, but the popular 2010s sitcom The Good Place ventured to do so. Through four seasons, this show, created by Michael Schur—of The Office and Parks and Recreation fame—...
by Elket Rodriguez | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinion
Estamo’ aquí. (We are here.) That phrase is not only a geographic affirmation. It is a spiritual declaration. It is memory. It is resistance without violence. It is life refusing to disappear. We are here… even though attempts were made to erase us. There were voices...
by Justin Cox | Feb 10, 2026 | Opinion
In the fourth pew on the right, from the pulpit’s perspective, I sat quietly. Afraid to move, afraid to breathe, for the better part of an hour. My attendance in such settings was fickle most of the year. My parents, never the Bible-thumping type, took little issue...
