Congress

Perspective: It's time to pass secure nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ Americans in all 50 states. It's my job as a mother to love and support my children. That's why I'm calling on Congress to do its job.

Editorial: We must remember what took place on Jan. 6, 2021 — a violent attempt to stop the certification of a free and fair election, what could only be called an insurrection or a coup — so that it never happens again.

Commentary: This Advent — as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, who commands us to put away the sword and love one another — Congress recently passed a bill that prepares the way for more suffering, death and destruction.

Joan Chittister: I saw recent hints that our country — after years of protests about police brutality, women's equal rights, justice for all — may be beginning to boil over.

Michael Sean Winters: Social media have the power to conflate and compress human relations. Social media aren't going away just like cars are not going away, but the U.S. has an interest in making both as safe as possible, even if that means social media become a little more boring.

Commentary: We cannot afford to wait any longer for a comprehensive, national paid family and medical leave program. Now, with a supportive president at the helm, such a program could become a reality.

From Where I Stand: As long as we silently accept Donald Trump's big lie and do nothing to expose it, he will see that the people he lied to about it keep voting the lie's carriers into office.

Distinctly Catholic: President Joe Biden delivered his first address to Congress last night. It was not the best speech we have heard. It was some of the best politics we have heard in a long time.