Op-Ed

Legendary television writer and producer Norman Lear has spoken out in support of independent documentary filmmakers.

It is often alleged that the basis for U.S.-Israeli relations lies in “shared concerns and interests.” What really holds the relationship together is a systemic aspect of American politics.

The document is sold to the press as an objective, academic measure of state good economic performance, but should instead be viewed as a lobbyist scorecard.

It's election day in Chicago, and until it's over political types here are unlikely to write about much of anything else.

Can you imagine having only 6% of the water you normally have to last the whole year?

The New York Times recently published an editorial lamenting the “shameful impunity of the Islamic State.”

I just sent the following open letter of resignation to Mark S. Wrighton, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis.

A soccer pitch in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, home to Iran's Arab minority, has emerged as a flashpoint of anti-government protest.

The yearly Hyde Amendment debate exposes legislators who would deny poor women their rights.

The movements that persevere are those that find a form of hope, even in dark times.