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Feeling sad, lonely? Making friends as an adult is hard. Your front porch can help.

In my friend's model of community engagement, the porch becomes a place where people of different backgrounds can meet and befriend one another.

 

I'm a sexual assault survivor. Now I train women to use guns to protect themselves.

Americans' right to protect themselves should not be infringed or restricted. Well-meaning regulations do more harm than good.

 

Making family phone calls free for prisoners is a cheap tool for reducing recidivism

Making phone calls free for inmates eases the financial burden on the families affected by incarceration and improves children's mental health.

 

I helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Its message remains essential 60 years later.

Is Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech fading in Americans' collective memory? That's like erasing the Holocaust from history classes.

 

Take a good look at Trump's booking photo, Republicans. That's your GOP.

The Trump booking photo heard around the world is more than a first for American presidents. It now represents the Republican Party.

 

Who needs Trump? Vivek Ramaswamy was a fine stand-in at the Republican debate.

If the Milwaukee GOP presidential debate were a TV show, it'd be called 'Everybody Hates Vivek.' Expect a long haul to 2024 if Ramaswamy survives.

 

Debate offers refreshing alternative: Without Trump, Republicans focus on serious issues

Since Donald Trump decided to ditch the GOP debate, the eight Republicans on stage offered tangible ideas about the most pressing issues of the day.

 

Ron DeSantis needed to be someone else at the Republican debate. Sadly, he was himself.

The main thing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis needed at the first GOP presidential primary debate was to not be Ron DeSantis. Tragically, he was.

 

Trump snubs GOP, voters by skipping debate – but expect him to still hog center stage

In typical Donald Trump fashion, the former president is eschewing the Milwaukee GOP debate because he thinks his followers should just reanoint him.

 

Angola's death row is haunted by its past and purpose. It shouldn't be housing kids.

Gov. John Bel Edwards, remove teens from the Louisiana State Penitentiary's old death row. Give them a chance to thrive, writes Sister Helen Prejean.

 

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