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Saunders: Anti-Trump Republicans’ ‘love’ for GOP is destructive

The Lincoln Project isn’t content with going after Trump; it’s out to end the GOP’s hold on the…

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Burke: Trump puzzled by his unpopularity? Here’s some help

He wonders if it’s his personality, but really it’s all the little things he’s done in less than…

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Schwab: This is not what was meant by American exceptionalism

How have we, singular among advanced nations, become unwilling to confront challenges we once did?

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Saunders: There’s little to laud on the streets of Portland

Not the vandals, not the ‘wall of moms,’ not the mayor and not Trump; no one is a…

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Harrop: Cities doth protest to Trump’s benefit, methinks

Rather than bring needed change, protests in Portland and elsewhere are playing into Trump’s plans.

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Schwab: With Pinochet in Portland, where are liberty’s defenders?

Those who feared Obama’s thugs now are silent as anonymous federal agents tear-gas moms on the street.

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Graham: Workers on front lines often pull a double shift

Along with their physical work, those who work with the public expend energy on emotional labor.

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Saunders: Aiming at Trump, Goya boycott hits civility

Goya president’s statement was a polite gesture, but it was all the left needed to find a political…

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Harrop: Don’t want a Covid vaccine? Good; there’s more for us

It’s taking hours just to get tested. What do you suppose the lines will be like for a…

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Burke: How Trump learned to stop worrying and embrace COVID

Having shown he can’t beat the pandemic, Trump instead implores Americans to ‘Bring Out Your Dead!’

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Schwab: Those loyal to Trump, even now, are the problem

After all this, if you vote for him, check the box that says presidential crime and cover-up is…

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Commentary: Politicizing CDC not path to reopening schools

Four former CDC heads warn Trump is weakening the agency when the nation needs its guidance most.

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Harrop: Are we losing workplace gains along with workplace?

The move toward working from home may be eroding pay while increasing the demand on employee’s time.

Ciera Graham, Herald columnist

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Graham: That’s a nay on Kanye for president

Setting aside the rapper’s musical ability, we don’t need another celebrity with toxic viewpoints.

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Saunders: Not opening schools ignores emotional-health data

A pediatrics association says there are harms to not opening public schools in the fall.

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Schwab: Making case for Biden to a Never-Trump conservative

It may still take persuasion, even for one who didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, but there’s hope.

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Saunders: Media needs to press Biden on positions and past

Voters need to hear more than Biden’s responses to Trump’s latest tweet.

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Burke: ‘Cup a Joe’ doesn’t seem to fit our morning brew now

Maybe the coffee is better today than it was in the ‘percolator era,’ but where’s the romance in…

Ciera Graham, Herald columnist

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Herald welcomes new local columnist to its Opinion page

Ciera Graham, an Everett resident, serves as director of EvCC’s East County Campus in Monroe.

Ciera Graham

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Graham: Let’s acknowledge that Black Women’s Lives Matter, too

The outrage over George Floyd’s death has often overshadowed concern for the treatment of Black women.