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September 28, 2021
A pipeline operator at Southwestern Energy uses an infrared camera to check for natural gas leaks in Damascus, Ark., in 2016.

Do no harm on natural gas prices

Government should let the market sort itself out.
Charles M. Blow
September 28, 2021
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del

Black America deserves better from Biden

At a certain point, words ring hollow, even when they are the right words.
Opinion
September 28, 2021
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A plan to snoop on Americans

Biden administration should drop push to broadly monitor bank accounts.
Angie Craig
September 28, 2021
The cost of insulin has risen by 197% in the last decade, Rep. Angie Craig writes.

Rep. Angie Craig: House must persevere on drug price reform

No one should have to pay thousands of dollars per month for medicine they can't live without.
Jay Ambrose, Tribune News Service
September 28, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks at the White House in Washington on Sept. 16.

Saddle Biden with blame for border horror

Our leader's missteps have made former President Donald Trump's look trivial.
Opinion
September 27, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden receives a third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the White House, on Sept. 27.

Biden, like Trump before, gets ahead of FDA

Booster shot push could undermine goal of global vaccine equity.
Mary Christine Bader
September 27, 2021
Israel’s anti-missile system in Ashkelon, Israel, fires to intercept rockets from Gaza on May 12.

Counterpoint: Omar's critics can't stand daylight on Israel subsidy

American taxpayers can now see that their representatives are sending another $1 billion to Israel in addition to the annual $3.8 billion we send them.
Opinion
September 27, 2021
People seeking asylum at a makeshift camp near the Del Rio International Bridge wait to turn themselves in to Border Patrol agents in Del Rio, Texas o

More chaos at U.S. border rekindles immigration debate

Let's thoughtfully consider some of the complexities that are too often overlooked.
Faye Flam
September 27, 2021
Even the most enthusiastic maskers probably wear a mask about 20% of their time in a club, or cocktail party or similar event, Faye Flam writes.

Our masking rules, choices, need to make more sense

We are in dire need of coherent guidance.
Michael R. Strain
September 27, 2021
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Congress last week. Senate Republicans on Monday prepared to block a bill that would fund the govern

Republicans are playing a dangerous game with debt

The ceiling will be raised. The only question is how much damage is inflicted along the way.
Opinion
September 26, 2021
Social media continues to hurt kids

Social media continues to hurt kids

Yet Facebook doesn't seem concerned about the mental health damage experts are finding.
Keith Ellison
September 26, 2021
The proposal was written by a new political committee called Yes 4 Minneapolis, which delivered petitions to City Hall in April.

Keith Ellison: Let the amendment start a conversation

I've spoken to many "no" voters, and I haven't run into any who don't want reform. I've spoken to many "yes" voters, and I haven't heard from any who want to eliminate police entirely.
Opinion
September 26, 2021
President Joe Biden departs his first formal news conference at the White House on March 25.

Biden keeps avoiding reporters

As his administration's challenges mount, staffers shield him from questions.
Ezra Klein
September 25, 2021
Supply-side progressivism shouldn’t just fix the problems of the present, it should hasten the advances of the future, Ezra Klein writes. Above, LAD

A progressive walk on the supply side

The left must think more about how wealth gets produced, not just how it gets distributed.
Bret Stephens
September 24, 2021
Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system is activated to intercept a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas moveme

Omar, 'squad,' launch another anti-Israel strike

Support for the Iron Dome should be a no-brainer, so what are the motives of the progressives who oppose it?
Alexander Davis, Steve Hunegs and Bruce Karstadt
September 24, 2021
Benno Black sits near a photo of him as a boy and the suitcase his mother packed for him before he departed Germany in the kindertransport effort. The

Exhibit honors humanity in the face of horror

Good people can change the lives of those seeking refuge.
Opinion
September 24, 2021

Building resilience to climate change

Local leaders in coastal cities need to engineer a new, more protected future.
Will Bunch
September 24, 2021
Handguns for sale sat behind glass in cases at the Stock & Barrel Gun Club Sept. 2, 2020.

America, we have a murder problem

Memo to progressives: Denial is not the solution.
Mary Dickson, Progressive Perspectives
September 23, 2021
FILE—A sign sits at the entrance to the Nevada Test Site, Thursday, May 30, 1996, in Mercury, Nev., 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The U.S. Senate

Bomb test 'downwinders' are forgotten Cold War casualties

The legislation that helps them, the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, is set to expire in July 2022.
Charles M. Blow
September 23, 2021
A makeshift memorial for Gabby Petito is displayed at a park across from the North Port City Hall on Sept. 21, in North Port, Fla.

White damsels in distress always stop the presses

Their lives are important, but race should not determine who gets coverage, or who gets our sympathy.
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