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James Shaw Jr. holds his daughter Brooklyn Shaw, 4, while speaking during a prayer vigil at the Mount Zion Baptist Church on Monday, April 23, 2018, in Antioch, Tenn. Civic leaders and residents attended the vigil for those affected by the Sunday, Ap

Waffle House hero courageously took away a gun. When will Congress step up?

When faced with life or death, James Shaw Jr. chose to act. Now if only our lawmakers could do the same in the face of hundreds of shooting deaths.

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Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, James Corden, Trevor Noah on bromancing Macron in Best of Late Night
President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron share a 'special relationship.' See it, then vote for your favorite joke!

opinion

At a Japanese relocation camp in Manzanar, Calif., in 1942.

Flashback: Japanese American internment is a cautionary tale for Trump travel ban
Japanese American internment was an unconstitutional embarrassment enabled by Supreme Court deference to a president. Let's not go down that path again.

opinion

Life-sized cutouts depicting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wearing

Facebook apologies aren't enough. The whole Internet needs a privacy overhaul.
Facebook users and all consumers have little control over their data online. We need a simple, opt-in privacy framework that is easy to understand.

opinion

Tax Day protest in New York on April 17, 2018.

Republicans pin electoral hopes on tax-cut delusions
Americans are too cynical about Congress to believe much of the GOP's tax cut message.

opinion

Replacing youth tackle football with flag football might not make our children safer
Are we seriously convinced that taking away helmets is going to prevent head trauma? That doesn't make sense.

opinion

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Mueller legislation is unconstitutional: Sen. Mike Lee
Don't pass the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act: Opposing view

policing

Rapper Meek Mill arrives at the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.

Meek Mill is exhibit A of nation's broken probation system
Rapper who spent far too long under government supervision warns others not to become a 'target.'

opinion

Name you know: Natalie Portman. Birth name: Neta-Lee Hershlag.

Natalie Portman is right to criticize Israel: A reader explains
After the 'Black Swan' actress declined to attend a ceremony in her honor, she was the target of backlash. But she's right to denounce Israel's practices, says one reader.