Opinion Columns

America Is Not Iran, Thank Goodness
The Raffel Ticket, Jan. 28, 2026
Over the past month, two governments faced widespread protests. One responded with mass killings. The other, under popular pressure, appears to be backing down.

One Year In: Defending the Constitution Under a Second Trump Administration
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU, Jan. 26, 2026
One year ago, President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term. Within hours of his inauguration, it was clear that he and his administration would, once again, test the Constitution and the willingness of our nation's institutions and people to defend it.

Muhammad Ali Risked Everything for His Convictions. His Stamp Proves It Mattered.
Holding Space for Good, Jan. 23, 2026
Muhammad Ali was honored with his own forever stamp by the United States Postal Service on Jan. 15. "I should be a postage stamp," Ali famously once said, "because that's the only way I'll ever get licked.