by Elisabeth Rosenthal Triumphant music plays as cancer patients go camping, do some gardening, and watch fireworks in ads for Opdivo+Yervoy, a combination of immunotherapies to treat metastatic melanoma and […]
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Searching for a lost truth
by Martin Schram URGENT. Attention must be paid. The world’s leaders and chroniclers, who have wasted a year flailing but failing to fully recognize what really happened on Oct. 7 […]
Community schools do more for students than ‘parents’ rights’
by Jeremy Mohler If right-wing lawmakers really cared about what they call “parents’ rights,” they would not be spreading misinformation to pit parents against teachers. They would be listening to […]
Breaking our plastics habit will be easier said than done
Could our unshakeable addiction to plastics be broken? That’s certainly the hope of activists. The U.S. — birthplace of the modern polymers industry, and the biggest producer of its key […]
How can voters still be undecided?
by Doyle McManus WASHINGTON — In a U.S. presidential race that features a deeply polarized electorate and a sharp contrast between the two candidates, most voters have known for months […]
The GOP House won’t govern. Send it to the backbenches in November
by Jackie Calmes Lucky for the Republicans who run the House, few Americans are paying attention to their antics of late, given the focus on the presidential race. Here’s what […]
What’s with the silence from former Trump heavyweights?
by Jackie Calmes If it’s strength they need, there’s strength in numbers. I’m referring to former officials who worked for Donald Trump, especially the national security stewards, who have declined […]
Telegram CEO’s arrest smacks of empty posturing
by Noah Feldman The arrest in France of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has brought into sharp focus one of the major conflicts of our age. On one hand, […]
Are censorship and lack of challenging books factors in why teens can’t read?
by Yvette Walker KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I know, I was a weird kid. Born during the time when parents bought sets of World Book or Britannica encyclopedias, I was […]
Heritage Foundation’s pro-Trump voter fraud video is nonsense
by Francis Wilkinson Like any demagogue, Donald Trump employs different lies for different needs. But dishonesty is the core of his existence. The Republican Party has had a more tumultuous […]
