The poverty rate in the United States fell to 11.8% in 2018, according to data released last week by the Census Bureau – the lowest it's been … Read more

As practicing obstetricians, we know how miraculously wonderful pregnancy can be. Having the privilege of caring for a woman during such an im… Read more

Floridians were relieved when computer models predicted a mass of dry air was moving toward the state, essentially steering Category 5 Hurrica… Read more

The number of e-cigarette users, many of them teenagers, who have been stricken by a mysterious and acute lung illness has more than doubled a… Read more

It's hard to hear the truth, especially when it flies in the face of stories you have been told since you were born. The truth can shock a per… Read more

The good news was that we finally got all top contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination on the stage at the same time, for a singl… Read more

Editor's note: This editorial published on Sept. 12 in the The Washington Post. Read more

The day you entered this world, I woke to the news on my radio alarm clock. I listened, horror-struck, on my drive to school, then watched you… Read more

You are interested in Social Security, aren't you? Read more

It's back-to-school time. Hoorah! Or perhaps not ... It's a tough few days. As one of my friends says, it's like playing Time Tetris. Parents … Read more

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released drug overdose statistics for 2018, and they are shocking. Of the estimat… Read more

America doesn't care about kids. The evidence is all around us. Read more

As someone who has worked for more than two decades in public health education and nursing, I find the federal government's continued reluctan… Read more

We are living through the most disruptive era since the Industrial Revolution. From lifesaving discoveries to green technologies to better way… Read more

Do you believe conspiracy theories? I generally don't. I realize that high-level coverups have occurred, in business and government and the Ca… Read more

Editor's note: The Washington Post  published this editorial on Sept. 3. Read more

Democratic National Committee leaders on Friday moved to reject Iowa's plans to allow people to vote by phone in "virtual caucuses," out of co… Read more

The Unirule Institute of Economics is as unthreatening as it sounds. Since 1993, the small free market think tank in Beijing has been doing it… Read more

For most of us, Labor Day has come to mark the end of summer. Read more

In recent months, a number of large retail companies have gone into bankruptcy, most notably Sears and Toys "R" Us. In these and other cases, … Read more

There are a few things Donald Trump has tried very hard to do since becoming president, mostly without success, like building a wall on our so… Read more

Reality may have caught up with some Republicans - Senate Republicans, specifically. They can read polls like anyone else and see that Preside… Read more

Editor's note: This editorial published in the Aug. 26, 2019 edition of The Washington Post. Read more

President Donald Trump got a letter recently that he and Congress ought to pay attention to. Mark Bradley, director of the Information Securit… Read more

One of the U.S. government's most intriguing health programs is going to start bearing fruit soon. And the more people who join, the better. Read more

In an extraordinary series of tweets Friday, President Donald Trump raised tariffs on China, and "hereby ordered" American companies to start … Read more

America's longest war may be coming to an end. Although major obstacles remain, the Trump administration's negotiations with the Taliban, led … Read more

When relations with a traditional U.S. ally hit a rough patch, it is always good to have a capable ambassador on the scene to attempt to smoot… Read more

Many people around the world will be watching and waiting to see how the next American election turns out, but one group doesn't have that lux… Read more

Nearly 1 in 5 American adults live with a mental-health condition; nearly half of those afflicted report having an unmet need for services. Th… Read more

The year must have been 1972. The scene was our family room. Our friend Bud was paying a visit, and somehow the question arose whether I would… Read more

Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin were the most surprising states that turned from supporting President Barack Obama in 2012 to voting for … Read more

The federal government has now confirmed what you probably already felt: Read more

The Trump administration announced a vast expansion of an immigration inadmissibility this week known as the "public charge." The new rule, mo… Read more

Last week, Vladimir Putin's government cryptically announced that there had been an explosion at a missile test center in remote northern Russ… Read more

Eighty-four years ago Wednesday, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law. He advised future generations to continue bu… Read more

The truth hurts. Also, the truth will set you free. Both old sayings receive validation in the The Washington Post's continuing investigative … Read more

When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., spoke about Medicare-for-all at the July 30 Democratic presidential debate, he talked about how it would impr… Read more

In recent weeks, Facebook has faced a $5 billion Federal Trade Commission fine and may be a target in a newly opened federal antitrust investi… Read more

One of the biggest lessons I learned a decade ago in public-health graduate school was that education was rarely enough, on its own, to fundam… Read more

Editor's note: This editorial published on Aug. 13 in The Washington Post. Read more

Editor's note: The Los Angeles Times Times Editorial Board recently published this editorial. Read more

The price of your Samsung phone and tablet could soon go up. The reason? Disputes that stretch back to Japanese atrocities during World War II… Read more

Data can be a liability as well as an asset. It's great for ad targeting or fraud detection; it's problematic when the possessor is expected t… Read more

The White House says it is attacking violent extremism on the internet. If so, it is counterattacking at the same time. Read more

"Mental illness and hatred pull the trigger, not the gun," President Donald Trump announced when he condemned shootings in El Paso, Texas, and… Read more

There are two basic ways to improve the economic situation of the middle and lower classes. First, you can use taxes and government spending t… Read more

In the last week, more than 30 people have died in three separate mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. We believe that analyzin… Read more