In an unexpectedly downbeat jobs report, employers added only 38,000 jobs last month, the worst month for job gains since employment started recovering in 2010. Downward revisions trimmed the employment gains for the prior two months by 59,000, and the labor force participation rate fell again in May, as it had in April.
It takes nothing away from Senator Sanders, and the millions of voters he has mobilized, to observe that deeper currents are at work that have created a political climate which has sharply influenced both him and Secretary Clinton.
There is only one organizing principle which makes sense of his wildly oscillating utterances and behavior -- the clinical definition of narcissistic personality disorder.
Trump's entire persona seems to be built on grandiose claims. Two of them -- his explanation for lacking a military record and his claim of super-intelligence -- demand proof because he raised them as issues.
Before the end of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, there likely will be at least one shooting involving four victims or more; in all, today between 250 and 300 Americans will be killed or injured with firearms. We simply cannot afford to continue to allow the simple-minded slogans of the gun lobby to dictate national gun policy.
In the past year, we have seen a welcome surge, prodded by new books on slavery, campus debates, and student protests, of new commitments by some universities and other institutions to confront the truth about their own histories, especially the ugly legacies of slavery and Native American genocide.
Let's face it. America has a new epidemic on its hands. The confirmation yesterday that Prince died of an accidental drug overdose has sent shock waves through the national media and, once again, has sparked a conversation that's long overdue. People are dying. And they're dying by the masses.
Set aside the fact that Judge Curiel's position on US-Mexican relations, whatever they might be, has no bearing on the merits of the "Trump University" case he presides over. Instead, we should focus on the lack of any evidence offered by Trump to sustain his underlying allegation of judicial prejudice.
If campaign contributions are any indication of broader support, members of the military are lining up behind Democrats in the presidential race, with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) in the lead.
In all probability, Hillary will indeed be the nominee. So it is unlikely that any switcheroo at the convention will steal from the Republicans the demonic image they've worked so long to instill in the minds of their followers.
There are no "do-overs" when it comes to nuclear diplomacy. Loose nuclear threats can spark unpredictable reactions, including nuclear buildups on the part of states that feel threatened by them.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made clear this week not only that he wants Donald Trump to be president, but that the main reason he wants Trump to be president is so that he will be the one picking Supreme Court justices.
Unfortunately, we all will suffer if politicians make trade a scapegoat for misguided government policies which have made Americans less competitive.
Yesterday, Hillary Clinton gave a foreign policy speech in San Diego that was notably flat and misleading. It's been getting decent reviews in the mainstream media for the zingers she tossed at Donald Trump. But when you listen to the speech and think about it, you realize how insipid and unoriginal it really was.
Americans will choose a new President this year, and that choice will literally change the future of life on Earth. The reason, of course, is climate change. If the United States government turns away from this problem - and from dealing with it - then our children will pay dearly.
I can now say I have felt the Bern, from beginning to end. I have seen how the Bernie revolution began and I have also seen it entering the homestretch of campaigning during the primary season, one short week before California and a few other states become the last to vote.
What an insulting campaign we have on our hands. An impenetrable cloud of character assault, aspersions, invectives and innuendo -- not to mention a Twitter crossfire fit for a schoolyard -- hangs today over a presidential election just five months away.
Imagine how different his career would have been Anthony Weiner had fessed up to his raunchy tweets right away and used some of that caustic New York wit he was famous for.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof argues there's a great injustice going on at colleges across the country where "liberal" professors in disciplines such as English Literature, History, and Anthropology show "intolerance" towards underrepresented "conservatives."