Opinion

From the time a corporate lawyer named Abraham Lincoln secured the Republican nomination at his party’s 1860 convention, American presidential elections have included a “big business” candidate whose platform closely aligned with the desires of the era’s most successful enterprises. The November 2024 contest promises to be a significant change in America’s politics. For the first time since the 1850s, neither candidate can claim the clear support of “big business.”

The script has flipped after Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race, creating challenges and opportunities for both candidates. Race and gender will likely control the narrative of the campaign.

International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, is the most extensive annual campaign to end overdose. The campaign raises awareness of overdose, which has impacted every community. Too many families have lost loved ones, but this campaign and others like it can save lives.

Education, from pre-K through graduate and professional schools, serves the dual goals of truly opening opportunity to all and creating the workforce that will grow our advanced economy. Community colleges are playing an increasingly important role for the state in achieving these goals.

I haven’t gone camping in a tent in a long time. I grew up camping and, for much of that time, it was in a tent.

White men are coming out, but not in the way you might think. Before more than 190,000 men joined a “White Dudes for Harris” call on July 29, the common wisdom parroted by the media is that most white men support extreme right causes and candidates.