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Lisa Jarvis, Bloomberg Opinion
U.S. is doing too little to monitor Paxlovid use
There seems to be no unified plan for tracking who benefits from the drug and who doesn't.
Amane Badhasso
DFL establishment betrayed values to oppose me
But I'm not going anywhere — we will fix things by standing on our principles and making our voices heard.
Bret Stephens
The case for American optimism
Our pessimism causes us to focus on our flaws — but in doing so we can start to fix them.
Jeff Maurer
Democrats, we have an image problem. Student loan forgiveness may make it worse.
Are we trying to confirm the stereotype of serving educated elites?
Kenji Yoshino
Idea of unwritten rights may seem puzzling, but it's well-established
Despite assurances to the contrary, Alito's draft opinion on abortion has broad implications on which are recognized.
Opinion
Inflation and the job market
There's less incentive to keep working or return to work if real wages are falling.
Nathan Johnson
Counterpoint: 'Product of conception' rights are human rights
If your argument is that a fetus has no rights because it depends on the care of others, what does that mean for people with disabilities, people who are ill, and refugees?
Michael Belton
Juvenile crime crackdown is racist, regressive
We've been here before, and these failed strategies cause long-term harm.
Betty McCollum and Fred Upton
Nonprofits need a federal partner
Legislation would ensure that the services our communities rely on remain strong.
Joan Steinau Lester
I've had an illegal abortion and a legal abortion
The experiences couldn't have been more different.
Peter Beinart
Biden could make the world safer, but he's too afraid of the politics
The administration knows how to get the Iran nuclear deal back, but is exhibiting timidity that has become a pattern.
Doyle McManus
Rachel Shelden
How the fight over Roe is, and isn't, like the Dred Scott decision
There are parallels in the leaks and political nature of the decisions, but in the 19th century, few people accepted that the Supreme Court had final say over the Constitution.
Ezra Klein
TikTok may be more dangerous than it looks
It's worth worrying about who owns our de facto town squares.
Pamela Paul, New York Times
America unmasks, and a certain social era is over
No longer can we hide what we're thinking or how we look. Then again, we'll also be losing some easy reads.
Opinion
Another redemption campaign
Add Dr. Deborah Birx to the growing list of former Trump officials finally telling the truth.
Constance Pepin
Tom Horner
For an aging state in an aging country, future could be bleak
Minnesota needs to figure out how to attract, and retain, young adults to our great state.
Carlisle Ford Runge and Robbin S. Johnson
War will bring famine unless America acts
The invasion itself, and the policies set off by the war, will worsen the lives of hundreds of millions of people struggling with food insecurity, especially children.
Jennifer Schuessler
Will those who control abortion's past control its future?
The leaked opinion draft states that Roe v. Wade ignored or misstated the history of abortion, but historians see the story differently.
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