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• Supreme Court paves a pathway toward an imperial presidency

  Ivan Eland

  The recent surrealistic Supreme Court arguments around Donald Trump’s specific claim that he cannot be prosecuted for his self-coup and insurrection, which tried to prevent the hallowed peaceful transfer of power in the American republic, demonstrated that the ever-expanding imperial presidency could now reach its logical endpoint — illiberal authoritarianism in America.

• America must stop Putin

  Ivana Stradner

  After months of delay, U.S. aid is again flowing to Ukraine. Yet the war’s trajectory remains uncertain. Russia is determined to win a protracted conflict, while Washington’s appetite for further aid remains in question. As the United States heads into a presidential election that could be key in determining the war’s outcome, we should take a moment to remind ourselves that a Russian victory in Ukraine would spell disaster for the West.

• At war with the Constitution

  Charles Blow

  At a rally May 11 in Wildwood, N.J., Donald Trump said that if he is reelected, he will “immediately deport” any campus protesters who “come here from another country and try to bring jihadism or anti-Americanism or antisemitism.”

• When party loyalty trumps ‘moral’ responsibility

  Carl Leubsdorf

  Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell called Donald Trump “practically and morally responsible for provoking” the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

• For their sacrifice, US military heroes deserve sanctuary as well as gratitude

  Meredith Iler

  Today is Armed Forces Day, and all Americans, regardless of their political affiliations, should consider ways to express our profound gratitude to the men and women who have donned the uniform and selflessly served our nation. We must unite as a nation to honor the sacrifices made by our military members and their families, and reaffirm our commitment to supporting them in every way possible.

• Policy on trans athletes not that hard of a call

  LZ Granderson

  The National Collegiate Athletic Association is under pressure to draft an impossible piece of policy: a stance on transgender athletes that makes progressives and conservatives happy. The best it’s come up with so far is to say late last month that its rules are “under review,” after a smaller student-athlete association effectively banned trans women from competing in women’s sports.

• Fulfilling the promise of landmark education ruling is up to all of us

  By Nedra Rhone

  Seventy years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the landmark ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.

• Black cultural greats helped nation realize folly of segregation

  By Larry Tye

  Today’s 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s epoch-making Brown v. Board of Education ruling reminds us that the route to social change never is a straight line.

• Vouchers are not the ‘civil rights issue of our time’

  By Josh Cowen

  In 1958, three years after the Brown v. Board of Education order to integrate American schools, the Texas Legislature debated a plan that would offer vouchers to parents who opposed the idea that their children would learn in diverse racial settings.

• Show gratitude to veterans by fighting homelessness

  By Michael Kadisha

  As we recognize those who serve our nation during Military Appreciation Month, we must also focus on a longstanding issue demanding urgent action: the scourge of veteran homelessness ...

• Elder fraud case is as tragic as it is infuriating

  By Dan Rodricks

  A 75-year-old man named Robert McClanahan knocks on the front door of Eddy Blizzard’s house in Maryland, desperate to know what happened to all his money ...

• Financial literacy can help the most anxious generation

  By Jack Kosakowski

  U.S. teens are perhaps the most anxious generation ever — with one-third diagnosed with an anxiety condition, according to the National Institutes of Health ...

• ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ is a lie

  By Steve Lopez

  Managing decline is time-consuming. Medicare patients 65 and older (I’m 70, but not using Medicare yet) have roughly 20 visits each year to a doctor’s office or medical facility, and that doesn’t include dental care, according to ...

• The biggest story last week was not Stormy Daniels or campus protests

  By Trudy Rubin

  While TV news was glued last week to Stormy Daniels’ tell-all testimony and pro-Palestinian demonstrations, scant attention was paid to Vladimir Putin’s tsar-like coronation for a fifth term. Nor to his bellicose parade of Russia’s nuclear-capable missiles through ...

• Invest in clinicians to solve mental health care crisis

  By Nick Norman

  The need for mental healthcare services in Nevada has never been greater than it is now. This trend is reflected across the nation, but a detrimental lack of access to services puts Nevada into a particularly difficult position.

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