Our View: Hold Facebook accountable if Instagram harms teens

Asked about the mental health impact of social media on children, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Congress this year, "The research that we've...

I am a Haitian American. Brutality at border is nothing new.

Do COVID best practices not apply to media elites?

It was a little bit reality TV – a little bit pandemic theater – Friday on the set of "The View." The show had landed a big-name guest, Vice...

Civil rights lessons: Why we need to learn about 1961 to understand 2021.

I'm USA TODAY editor-in-chief Nicole Carroll, and this is The Backstory, insights into our biggest stories of the week. If you'd like to get The...

Our national hangover is a crisis we can't afford to ignore

America has a drinking problem, but our nation’s overdose crisis has shifted attention away from our national hangover. It’s time to focus on...

In Mexico, we've seen Haitian migrants heading to US. Why was it a surprise?

VERACRUZ, Mexico – For weeks, deeply upsetting images have dominated the Mexican news of Haitian families clutching sobbing babies in diapers as...

Vaccines for kids are coming and so is hope for this fall

Lack of bipartisan action on police reform dishonors George Floyd

President Joe Biden’s legacy was dealt another blow when negotiations for bipartisan police reform halted Wednesday. Following months of...

Hold federal law enforcement agents accountable

Too few Americans know their First Amendment rights. That must change.

In this simmering season of division and distrust, there’s one thing that just about all of us agree on: We treasure the First Amendment....

As COVID-19 surges, emptying prisons and jails vital to public health

Our view: Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity

Kevin Byrd's ordeal began in the parking lot of a bar near Houston, where he says a federal Homeland Security agent pointed a gun at him and...

I'm a 30-year teacher. But even I ask: Who would want this job?

FBI should shoulder blame for Laundrie's escape act

Rock bottom? No such thing for Trump-led GOP.

Gabby Petito's death is awful. What about all the other missing people?

It's nearly impossible to turn on any cable or network news or log on any social media platform without seeing a parade of talking heads and...

Antisemitism at the U.N.: Durban event will celebrate shameful legacy

I hate fall. It’s summer’s funeral. And I love summer.

I won’t be going to Vermont this fall. Or any fall. I wouldn’t go any place where I might be called a “peeper.” Yet 3.5 million people go...

The GOP's new big lie? That there's a puppeteer at the White House.

Only 5% of Americans in their 70s have dementia. There’s no reason to assume Joe Biden is one of them, unless you’re looking for political...

Bad for business: Democrats' tax plan would punish smaller companies

Video: The civil rights movement explained

Why, as a domestic violence survivor, I'm fixated on Gabby Petito

Anyone who has survived domestic violence could have told you Gabby Petito, 22, appeared to be in trouble. A few days ago, one of my best friends,...

Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' gets the different levels of Asianness

In a scene from the recently released Marvel film "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings," the character Jon Jon welcomes Katy to a fight club...

Our View: Biden's handling of Haitians at the border is shameful

How the civil rights movement exposed racism in the US

Stop mask shaming: COVID vaccines and testing are the real solutions

How is it OK for agents to whip at Haitian immigrants?

Now U.S. Border Patrol agents are on horseback, whipping Haitian immigrants? I couldn’t believe it. But it is true, and that is just revolting....