Over the last two years, the world has heard much about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. The revelations then spread through other high-profile industries as well, including politics, tech and publishing. But there was barely a peep about what low-wage workers were being forced to endure. We feared that public interest in rooting out […]

The simple, striking design kicked off the search for a bicentennial flag, but when time came to vote, it was nowhere to be seen.

As commencement speeches go, this one was definitely not a snoozer. Billionaire investor Robert F. Smith told the Morehouse College graduating class of 396 seniors — to their total surprise — that he and his family would wipe out their student debt. The graduates of the all-male historically black college in Atlanta took a minute […]

Once again, President Donald Trump has treated his solemn power of the pardon like it’s an executive perk. Last week he handed one to pal Conrad Black, the billionaire former publisher and convicted fraudster who wrote a glowing book about Trump. He also pardoned another pal, Patrick Nolan, a crooked Republican politician who has been […]