We hear the economy is great, and it is ... if you are middle class or above and benefit from the stock market.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find better headlines in the News-Gazette since the new ownership took over.

Jim Dey’s recent column on a federal judge’s ordering the state of Illinois to provide essential health care to transgender prisoners shines light on one of the ways this state has failed to fulfill one of its basic responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.

A recent News-Gazette editorial addressed the disparities in academic achievement between Asian and white students and their black counterparts.

Champaign County Board rules require civil behavior. However, at the December 2019 board meeting, Jim Goss, the Republican leader, was waving his arms and yelling, “the Treasurer!, the Treasurer!” — behavior that would not be tolerated in nursery school.

Financial stability is one of the most important aspects of a college student’s well-being.

It seems that by now, it should be apparent to many that several of the reorganized Champaign County elective offices got off to a shaky start last year.

Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, from the time he took command of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, had one overriding objective: eject U.S. forces from Iraq.

I beg to differ with President Trump’s oration following the attack by Iranian forces on our air bases in Iraq with his assessment that “no Americans were harmed”. Perhaps he and others have not experienced being subjected to a lethal threat by another, but I have.

This is too funny, or sad, depending on who is reading it.

Is the economy in 2020 really benefitting those who voted for Trump in 2016? Many Republicans point to increases in employment and wages, but who has actually benefitted from these increases and by how much?

The letter published Dec. 27 by John Joyce concerning the legends of Red Grange reminded me of my experience with Grange.

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 16 years ago. Managing this illness requires that I monitor my blood sugar and self-administer insulin injections frequently throughout the day.

It’s all the same lie. For my entire life, my government has lied repeatedly about pretty much every war it has engaged in.

There have been several recent articles about the achievement gap between black and white students in the Champaign Unit 4 schools.

Wow, where to begin? Should I use the old childhood phrase “sticks and stones” to rebut the hateful “malignantly ignorant” label from someone as hypocritical, intolerant and vicious as Eric Vimr in his diatribe (Dec. 10)? I find it exceptionally hilarious he distinguishes himself “... an eli…

Please pray for America. The reckless wannabe autocrat in the White House is doing with our country’s security and reputation exactly what he has always done with his businesses: place wild and unfounded bets — ego-driven, self-centered, and ill-considered — with other people’s money.

In his Dec. 28 commentary, “Spending not to blame for schools’ performance”, Jim Nowlan says low-income families don’t have high expectations for their children.

We have all these great predictions by an army of experts that we will all go to hell in 12 years if we don’t put up at least a trillion windmills and install at least 2 trillion acres of solar panels.

Our shy and retiring cat, Rosa, had her teeth cleaned recently, a procedure that requires anesthesia. It went well, but as she was waking up, a vet tech put food and water in her cage.

I write to express my opinion on the great differences in test scores between white, Asian and black students.

I write regarding the editorial cartoon in the Dec. 28 paper.