The endless debate over what went wrong for Democrats in the last election has almost entirely avoided what has become the party’s signature issue: abortion.
India is proud of its diaspora. People of Indian extraction tend to earn well over the average wage in most countries, and they often fit seam…
Consent of the governed is one of the founding principles of our country. Embedded in the Declaration of Independence, it harks to the frustra…
On New Year’s Day, Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger reportedly blew himself up in a Tesla Cybertruck in an apparent suicide outside the Trump …
President Donald Trump’s swift move to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization will compromise global health — and is no way to M…
With radical policy shifts looming in Donald Trump’s new administration, many federal employees are surely debating a difficult question: Resi…
Taking the oath for the second time, President Donald Trump promised sweeping changes and a “revolution of common sense” and bluntly criticize…
The Washington State Constitution guarantees that in criminal prosecutions, the accused has the right to appear and defend either in person or…
LOS ANGELES — First-grade teacher Jean De Longe had no time to waste when she arrived at Brentwood Elementary Science Magnet early Wednesday m…
As a former member of both the Yakima School District Board of Directors and the Washington State Board of Education, I have witnessed firstha…
U.S. citizens are filled with anxiety as they view the future of our nation. Most of these, however, are grateful that they live here and woul…
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As a CEO of a health care organization in Yakima, I’m struck by how much digital technology has changed the health care field.
Donald Trump’s more controversial personnel choices have prompted fears that Tulsi Gabbard would compromise intelligence operations and Pam Bo…
Ten years ago, a radical spine cancer surgery simultaneously saved my life and disabled me.
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designed a unique system to choose our president in 1787: the Electoral College. More than two centuries …
For folks who have so harshly turned on the FBI for supposedly targeting Donald Trump over the years, Republicans sure are quick to turn to th…
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
Last month, The New York Times published a disturbing story about the expiration of health protections for migrant children in custody. The pr…
President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 7 news conference in Mar-a-Lago got me thinking about his upcoming inaugural speech on Monday. What should…
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
One bill or two? That’s the question currently obsessing Washington as President-elect Donald Trump fails to decisively resolve a tactical dis…
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
Tragedy often ignites latent memories.
The state of Texas filed a major lawsuit on Dec. 12 against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a Collin County, Texas, woman, argu…
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
Greenland? Seriously?
We can’t have it both ways. We can’t.
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
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