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Editorial: ‘You guys always made it a family thing’
Over the last 30 years, DeeDee and Chuck Alfieri have cared for 122 foster children, adopting seven.
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Comment: Washington a model for striving for climate resilience
Unlike my native state of Florida, our lawmakers made sure we include climate change in land-use plans.
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Comment: Patients of color shouldn’t face unexpected in childbirth
Black and Latina patients face higher rates of complications at birth. Better prenatal care is necessary.
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Comment: Overdose awareness efforts key to saving lives around us
Know where to turn for resources, tools and support to respond and prevent overdoses in your community.
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Forum: How, late in life, I understood gravity of climate change
I came to understand the threat posed to my grandchildren. It’s then my questions and research began.
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Forum: Plastics are inescapable; how do we manage that future?
Our plastic packaging has to be contained within a recycling loop and kept out of landfills and oceans.
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Schwab: Thank surgeons, probers of bodies, for colorful lexicon
In surgery, ‘noogering’ describes a delicately brutal probing technique. Imagine the variety of uses.
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Ballot tax statement was OK on one ballot, not the other?
I must say it is ironic to see The Herald Editorial Board, noting that as our state Supreme…
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Walz wasn’t being ‘swift-boated’; criticism legitimate
In his column published Aug. 13, Eugene Robinson accuses J.D. Vance of “swift-boating” Democratic vice presidential candidate Gov.…
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Comment: Democrats made abortion personal; Trump had no answer
The testimony of women at the convention exposed the hypocrisy of Republicans hiding behind ‘state’s rights.’
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Comment: Executive bids haven’t favored women, perhaps until now
Ferraro, Palin and Clinton enjoyed early excitement, before doubts dragged them down. Will Harris defy history?
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McMillian-Cottom: Michelle Obama speaks for the prosecution
In her speech to the DNC, Obama named the inequality embodied by Trump that is an enemy of…
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Blow: Barack Obama’s speech was a reminder of what’s possible
The man known for hope was there to celebrate the joy that Kamala Harris has elicited.
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Comment: ‘Weird’ is too good a word to use on Trump, Vance
True ‘weirdness’ embraces all things different and unusual. Both GOP candidates are simply typical.
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Tufekci: A.I. isn’t sole problem; it’s the disbelief it creates
In claiming Harris’ actual airport crowd was ‘A.I.’d,’ Trump took advantage of the flipside of deepfakes.
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Comment: A.I.’s deepfakes a bipartisan threat at all levels
What makes them difficult to quash is Americans’ willingness to swallow lies and examine information.