Suzette Hackney

Catherine Hembrecht opened up about her financial difficulties but was clear: ‘I don’t want anyone to feel sorry for me.’ Readers showed up to help.

These women are heroes and giants of American history. They deserve recognition and prominence within the National Mall.

Chicago has become an easy buzzword when it comes to crime – it’s convenient reductionism for the parrots who choose to ignore facts and statistics.

Parents struggling to feed and care for their children live in every corner of this great country. We shouldn’t ignore them.

More parents than ever are raising LBGTQ+ kids – and ‘reintroducing’ their children to loved ones. It comes with an emotional learning curve.

Through a chaotic first week of the new Congress, Cheryl Johnson rapped the gavel as the essential leader of the nation’s larger representative body.

If you’re a woman, and especially if you’re Black, I’m going to bet you don’t have to scroll too far to see this. It’s already part of your algorithm.

I spent this year writing about people who work to stop gun violence in their own communities, only to become victims of gun violence themselves.

Jose Quezada devoted his life to steering L.A.-area kids away from gangs and guns. After he was shot and killed at age 46, a USA TODAY special report examined his life and death.

I can’t remember a time – at least in my life – when our political process has felt so unstable, so untenable, so dangerous.