Many notable works of literature have a strong strain of prophecy about them.... Newsletter Get the latest from Michael HiltzikCommentary on economics and more from a Pulitzer Prize winner. Enter email address Sign Me Up You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.... More recent events sent me back to the novel itself, and to a new respect for Lewis’ percipience about Americans’ vulnerability to the blandishments of political charlatans, and about his oracular

The filing came in a federal lawsuit in Oregon from students at religious schools who are suing the government for providing funding to schools with discriminatory policies.... Tuesday, DOJ had said that it will continue to defend it.... Why the Biden Justice Department wants to help Donald Trump fight a defamation lawsuit The Justice Department did not comment on why it made the change....

For people in jails and prisons across the country, where reproductive health care is already abysmal, the potential end of Roe v.... Wade is a haunting prospect."[ People are] going to be forced to carry a pregnancy and be forced to give birth--that literally will be part of their sentence, their punishment," said Carolyn Sufrin, associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.... Stephan Gladieu/ Getty Images The jail at the Standing Rock r

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Jackson soon grows bored, so he grabs a basketball from the rack at midcourt.... Soon, Zivic breaks the tension, retrieves his whiteboard and instructs his children to play at the top of the bleachers.... Since then, Zivic, 41, has balanced raising his children with coaching, teaching and grieving....

COLUMBIA, S.C.— Dawn hasn’t broken when Jerrett Sellers spots a promising target in the mostly deserted streets of South Carolina’s capital: a lone truck driver climbing down from his cab at a gas station.... Jerrett Sellers, a recruiter for Merchants Foodservice, right, tells a truck driver why he might consider leaving his company and working for Merchants.... BusinessHow long will supply chain issues last?...