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Comment: Sen. Ernst’s sarcasm won’t help her keep her seat

Her blunt response regarding Medicaid cuts won’t play well in Iowa and won’t win back MAGA faithful.

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Comment: Using prejudice against prejudice won’t end antisemitism

The Trump administration’s targeting of immigrants, dissent and universities only assures a longer fight.

FILE — A Ukrainian drone pilot in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine on April 24, 2025. Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

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Comment: How Ukraine’s drone strike upends the rules of warfare

Inexpensive drones reached deep into Russia to destroy aircraft that were used against Ukraine.

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Editorial cartoons for Sunday, June 8

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Turn to county health department for accurate information

Thank you for sharing “Five sources of accurate health information” in your May 27 edition. Finding trustworthy sources…

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Full Life Care employee will miss friendships with staff, clients

I have worked at Full Life Care in Everett for 17 years (“I’ll lose everything’: Snohomish County’s only…

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Keep power on in extreme heat to save lives

Summer is almost here, and with it will come deadly heat waves supercharged by the climate crisis. Yet…

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Hazen’s commentary was a needed message of hope

A recent Herald Forum commentary by Dan Hazen, was absolutely refreshing (“Holding on to hope, even as the…

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When will Congress stand up to Trump?

Waste, fraud, and abuse? Look no further than the White House.

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Comment: Proposed stadium is an investment in Everett’s future

A methodical process has outlined a multipurpose facility that can be built without new taxes.

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Comment: Some DEI programs ensured protection of veterans’ health

Cut as a cost-saving measure, such programs helped ensure services for women and minorities.

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Forum: Nonprofits and communities face an existential crisis

When missions, and not just methods, are questioned, how do groups reweave to remain vital and valued?

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, June 7

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer testifies during a budget hearing before a House Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 15, 2025. (Al Drago/The New York Times)

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Editorial: Ending Job Corps a short-sighted move by White House

If it’s jobs the Trump administration hopes to bring back to the U.S., it will need workers to…

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Comment: We can’t manage what we refuse to measure

The Trump administration’s war against climate science will compound the devastation from disasters.

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Is church engaged in ‘worship warfare’?

Imagine; Snohomish’s very own Russell Johnson, pastor of the Pursuit Church, quoted in the Seattle Times, calling for…

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Christians’ civic engagement is a right and duty

Recent calls for Christians to avoid political involvement in the name of humility may sound spiritual, but they…

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Ensure due process to all threatened with deportation

I am writing to express my concerns regarding immigrants, migrants and students who are being wrongfully detained, imprisoned…

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Goldberg: Musk’s leaves legacy of disease, starvation and death

DOGE may only break even, and at the cost of some 300,000 deaths from the end of USAID.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, June 6

A sketchy look at the news of the day.