Rep. Deb Haaland, D-NMCD-1; Rep.-elect Yvette Herrell, R-NMCD-2; and Rep.-elect Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-NMCD-3 are blazing the trail for young New Mexicans proving they don’t need wealth or political legacies behind them to find success.

The COVID-19 crisis confounded that commitment for a couple of weeks. However, as the basketball season attempts to start and given the high number of ACL tears in the game, the time is right.

Street musicians play for passers-by in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Spain continues with new measures against the COVID-19 while suffering a second strong pandemic crisis by Coronavirus.

SPRINGFIELD – A candidate concession speech is an important rite in a democracy that is done not for the benefit of the winner or the loser but as a means of honoring the voters and our system of government.Sometimes the speech is done at a podium before a crowd, but more often than not it happens with the loser calling the winner with a word of congratulations."I remember running for the le...

President-elect Joe Biden faces considerable political obstacles to enacting the most ambitious pieces of his agenda. The biggest hurdle, pending the outcome of two Georgia runoff votes, would be a...

Photo Courtesy of ABC News A deeply polarised nation, a capitalist theme park, an embedded infrastructure of racism and segregation, and one of the poorest social welfare systems in one of the...

Image Courtesy of The Week “Then take us for Gods, as is proper and fit…” Aristophanes (The Birds)  A pandemic with no end in sight, an economy that is unravelling, a fiscal abyss,...

Hospital beds are quickly filling up as coronavirus cases spike again in Arizona, public health experts warn.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

What alarms many Democrats is a growing gap between their popular vote tallies and their political power.

Republicans have repeatedly accused Facebook and Twitter of political bias. The companies deny it.

When former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s name quickly surfaced as a possible transportation secretary in a Joe Biden administration, it came as little surprise to those in the political-media ecosystem. If the longtime Beltway insider didn’t float his own name for a Cabinet spot, he has plenty of friends up to the task. Soon to turn 61 and out of power since abruptly pulling the plug on a bid for ...

Prints that illustrate American hardship, resilience and daily life during a crisis are going on view at the Montana Museum of Art & Culture.

Illinois obliterated another coronavirus record Friday with 15,415 new cases of COVID-19 reported, erasing the previous record by more than 2,700 cases.With the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of easing, Gov. JB Pritzker Friday also extended the moratorium on evictions for another 30 days.However, this latest extension comes with some new requirements aimed at preventing people who can affor...

Two Broward candidates officially won their political races now that Broward County’s canvassing board finished a manual recount.

Illinois obliterated another coronavirus record Friday with 15,415 new cases of COVID-19 reported, erasing the previous record by more than 2,700 cases.With the coronavirus pandemic showing no sign of easing, Gov. JB Pritzker Friday also extended the moratorium on evictions for another 30 days.However, this latest extension comes with some new requirements aimed at preventing people who can afford...

An Aeroflot executive has been nabbed for allegedly spying for Britain, according to Russian news agencies. The London-based employee, Dmitry Fedotkin, is accused of passing secrets related to Russia’s social and political situation to Britain’s MI6 foreign intelligence service, according to an unnamed source cited by TASS and RIA news agencies. Fedotkin, however, did not...

When the new legislature gathers next week for a ceremonial swearing-in and formal leadership elections, they’ll face strict new measures to cope with the coronavirus and no shortage of looming problems and issues stemming from the pandemic to deal with.

A Chinatown developer who wore a wire on former Ald. Daniel Solis and helped the FBI break open a sweeping political corruption probe pleaded guilty Friday to fraud related to a South Side condominium project.