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Comment: U.S.’s greatest foreign policy success in jeopardy
PEPEFAR, which provides HIV/AIDS treatment and saved countless lives in Africa, may not be nenewed.
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Comment: Online retailers should follow FTC’s lead in Amazon suit
The antitrust suit provides a rule book on how to incentivize rather than punish sellers and customers.
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Comment: Starbucks’ reusuable cups aren’t so climate-friendly
Some reusable products generate more emissions than the disposable items they’re meant to replace.
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Comment: Parental vigilance of social media can go too far
A shift from “monitoring” to “mentoring” can allow teens to learn to make their own wise choices.
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Comment: Shutdowns a poor way to negotiate a budget
Past brinkmanship has produced agreements with little in budget savings. There are better ways.
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Comment: Child tax credit works against child povery; renew it
After the expanded credit ended in 2021, child poverty doubled. It’s an investment we should make.
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Comment:Transition to clean energy isn’t moving quickly enough
Solar energy and EV sales are booming but we have a long way to go to come near…
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Eco-nomics: Climate report card: Needs more effort but shows promise
A UN report shows we’re not on track to meet goals, but there are bright spots with clean…
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Comment: Shutdown politics won’t get any easier for McCarthy
A long shutdown may be necessary before McCarthy decides it’s safer to offend the GOP radicals than its…
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Comment: End of pandemic child-care aid will expose huge problem
Putting even more of the costs of child care on parents will mean many employees will opt out…
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Comment: No act of God, disasters a collision of human failures
The climate changes caused by greenhouse gases are compounded by poor decisions and inaction.
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Comment: Even nearing ‘peak oil,’ its decline won’t be steep
The debate over when the peak will be hit is a distraction from the need to transition from…
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Comment: Justices should let president keep his bully pulpit
How an administration alerts social media to problems needs a fuller consideration by the court.
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Comment: Democrats have nothing to gain by backing Menendez
Unlike the loss of Al Franken, encouraging the New Jersey senator to go doesn’t cost the Democrats much.
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Comment: Amid union victories, labor still faces big challenges
Federal regulations, such as the Taft-Hartley Act, have long stymied labor’s efforts to gain members.
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Comment: Desantis’ $2 gas pledge should terrify Texas
He can’t get there unless oil is trading below $55 a barrel; nobdy wants to revisit those days.
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Comment: If AI ‘writers’ were human, they would have been fired
A series of stories, written by AI, have embarrassed news sites and raised questions about their use.
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Comment: Carrying Narcan requires having compassion for addicts
The stigma around fentanyl addiction remains a barrier to its availability to treat those overdosing.
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Comment: Murdoch’s out; not his legacy of ‘alternative facts’
The Fox News creator’s formula for laundering right-wing narratives as news lives on without him at the helm.
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Fact check: No, migrants aren’t getting $2,200 a month from U.S.
A viral tweet by Rep. Lauren Boebert is a zombie claim that started in 2006 in Canada.