To the editor: Researcher Joyce L. Epstein of Johns Hopkins School of Education points out that students do not need more homework, but do need better homework (“Homework faces an existential crisis.

If you travel along Bayou St. John and Wisner Boulevard, you can identify the diet of New Orleanians because the area is strewn with every kind of food container from Popeye's, KFC, Wendy’s, ...

President Trump vowed to deport foreign “violent criminals, murderers, rapists, human traffickers, child molesters, drug dealers” who had “invaded” our country. But, instead of trying to find violent ...

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to reporters, as Senate Democratic leaders hold a press conference following their weekly policy lunch and weeks into the continuing U.S.

We have been hearing frequently about the willingness of the Republican president and the Republicans in both houses of Congress to take away health insurance from millions of people, leaving them ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. I am writing to correct the misapprehension of one of your readers who wrote ...

This is in response to Fred Schwab’s letter, "Getting COVID vaccine is harder thanks to GOP nanny state." My husband and I are in our 60s and wanted to get the COVID vaccine prior to traveling abroad.

Civics is a subject that used to be taught in school about how the government works. It needs to be revisited. I am writing this because of the things I have been hearing about the fireman’s tax ...

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Re: “Transit housing bill gets consent” (Page A1, Sept. 17). As we look to the future in Contra Costa County, we must make sure that our communities are affordable for young families. Our local ...

For millions of Americans, Social Security Disability Insurance benefits are a lifeline. But sometimes, recipients receive what one benefits recipient described as "the letter nobody wants to get" — a ...