The Democratic Party should remember that, for many minorities, our greatest aspiration is simply to be regular Americans — treated no worse, but no better either.

The Trump administration is the first U.S. administration to actively and relentlessly confront China using lawyers, guns and money — legal sanctions, military operations and economic policies.

The activists who supported Biden’s campaign — often as a last resort when their favored candidates fell away — surely recognize his difficulties, but they are unlikely to cut him much slack. Nor should they.

A prolonged presidential election and political gridlock are the backdrop to the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision on Thursday, when Powell and his colleagues aren’t expected to offer much in the way of new information.