Opinion

These days, if it’s 4:59 in Kentucky, people across the state are racing to tune in.No matter the local news carrier — from Pikeville in the east to Paducah in…

Consider this thought experiment:The problem of _____ [insert problem] will cause major upheavals in life as we know it and possibly extensive deaths in _____ [insert amount of time].What is…

It’s weird how my Twitter feed these days looks exactly like my Twitter feed from 12 days ago. Homeschooling tips. People doing things on balconies. Animals roaming in emptied cities.…

On Tuesday, China announced it would rescind reporting credentials for more than a dozen American journalists. The news felt like a punch in the gut.As many as 13 journalists from…

In the normal course of human affairs, journalism is the first rough draft of history.In a pandemic, however, journalism is the first rough draft of the future.We are all sitting…

Biden’s verbal stumbles may be explained not by cognitive problems but by his lifelong battle with stuttering. Journalists should provide that context

When The Washington Post tried to silence reporter Felicia Sonmez, it was likely guided by a tradition bias — a preference for the way things have been over how they…

This column was supported by the Pulitzer CenterIn a recent tweet, NPR’s New Delhi producer condemned the entire Hindu religion for India’s problems. She said, “If Indians give up Hinduism,…

Veteran journalists need voices like yours to expose our tradition bias

Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States has been in a perpetual state of fighting, in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya. About 7,000 American troops…