Colin Powell, RIP: Soldier, Statesman, Immigrant’s Kid, Yiddish Speaker

A few thoughts on overlooked aspects of the late secretary’s career. Plus, what I got wrong.

Biden’s Housing Plan Could Save Millions of Children’s Futures

The president and Democratic leaders want to break a key link in the chain reaction of poverty. Why are Manchin and Sinema trying to stop them?

Why encouraging words from a top DOJ official give me hope that it will.

How the former president took political risks to repair the country after Vietnam.

Instead of sending doses to poor countries in short supply, we’re holding them past their point of expiration.

How Kyrsten Sinema is showing the futility of picking candidates based on their maverick independence.

The case for a standing commission to ensure our government stays engaged with the beleaguered country—even without any troops on the ground.

Use reconciliation, add 100 zeros for a one-googol debt limit, and put the GOP’s brinksmanship behind us.

If they want to keep Trumpism at bay, they need to alleviate the societal ills that led to its rise in the first place.

How conservative jurists only approve state restrictions over individual freedoms when it suits their purposes.