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Jillian Peterson and James Densley
The mass shootings are back, as is the question: Why?
Our research offers guidance about motives and prevention.
Lindsay Crouse
So you want to 'save women's sports'?
More than 20 states are considering bills to ban transgender kids from girls' sports. If only people really cared about female athletes.
Steve Chapman
Biden's low profile is a bonus, not a burden
He's going to hold a news conference, but so what if he didn't?
Kim Todd
Early female journalists sparked movements toward workplace justice
In the late 1800s, these women exposed the abuses within factories and offices and, at times, gave rise to much-needed change.
Michael Obsatz
Not all white men are the same
Everyone has different experiences, different histories, different traumas. To put them all into one category is too simplistic.
Patrick Courneya, Julia Joseph-Di Caprio, John Mach, Abigail Miller, Lucas Nesse and Mark Steffen
Why we need vaccination equity
Myths are spreading about the need for equity strategies, and we want to offer up the facts.
Once again, Manchin and Toomey team up on gun safety
Bill focuses on quickly identifying people who lie on background checks.
Trudy Rubin
China and the U.S.: Not your grandfather's cold war
The gloves came off in Alaska. Diplomatic malpractice or refreshing frankness?
Leroy Hood
Your personal good health depends on better research
Let's give individually tailored wellness promotion based on genome, blood and lifestyle reports the scientific rigor it deserves.
Noah Feldman
Trump's 'stolen election' lawyer now says no reasonable person would have believed her
That's her defense strategy in a defamation lawsuit, and it's interesting to ponder on its own merits and implications.
Threatened with recall, California governor should be worried
Epic fight looms as Newsom faces a referendum on pandemic response.
Noah Smith, Bloomberg Opinion
America's economy will be back on top
The U.S. has done surprisingly well at getting shots in arms, which means consumers will be spending once more.
James M. Hamilton
Only change south of the border could slow refugee tide
It's an extremely dangerous journey from Central America to the U.S. and yet, given the alternative, people are still willing to make it.
John Kolstad
State must stop collecting for private creditors
Bills presented before the Minnesota House and Senate would remove sections of state law that never should have been there.
Bret Stephens
The Atlanta massacre and the media's morality plays
Be wary when one truth is mapped upon another for the sake of a compelling narrative.
Jennifer Hope Choi
Class complications are missing from the bootstrap-lifting immigrant success story
I thought my mother and I would react the same way to the Atlanta shootings. Why didn't we?
Ross Douthat
Potential shadows on the Biden dream: The border, China, an economic fizzle
These are the main challenges that might dash this administration on the rocks. (Add "wokeness" if you want, but keep it in perspective.)
Former U.S. senator is a solid but unexciting NASA pick
Bill Nelson is a safe choice, but Biden should have found an innovator.
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Vaccine 'free riders' are mainly GOP men
Forty-nine percent of Republican men say they do not plan to get vaccinated, which could affect herd immunity.
Catherine Watson
Counterpoint: Vaccine passports? Yes, and they already exist.
We don't need new legislation, we just need to start carrying our yellow cards.
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