It may not officially die until the calendar flips to Sept. 23. The temperatures will continue to rise into the 90s. The swimming pool will still feel good for a few more weeks. But for many, the summer ended last week with the return of the school year...

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is a success story. The humpback whale, the grizzly bear, the bald eagle, the manatee, the condor and the American alligator were all brought back from the brink of extinction. Saving mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and marine life from extinction is not just about one’s love of nature, it is about protecting the link between nature, ecosystems and our food and water security...

President Trump tosses around inflammatory rhetoric such as claiming an “invasion” at our southern border. I saw no evidence of this on a recent trip down there. He accuses immigrants of being rapists and criminals, a claim easily disproven using FBI statistics. His rhetoric fires up the dangerous white supremacy movement and may well have influenced the domestic terror attack recently perpetrated in El Paso. Right-wing media stokes the fire by parroting Trump’s dangerous rhetoric...