OPINION
Arsenic in Tap Water: What Trump's Deregulation Really Means for Homes
Slashing rules may cut costs for industry—but when it shifts the risks to workers and communities, people can pay the price with their health.
By
Sarah Saadoun and Corina Ajder
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Here's How to Solve Health Concerns About Vaping: Legalize Cannabis
Unlike clandestine laboratories and street dealers, legal businesses can't hide from our customers, our regulators and the press if we were to produce dangerous products.
By
Brandon Pollock
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Children on Climate Change: 'Adults Have Made the World a Worse Place'
I believe children are bearing the emotional burden of climate change more courageously than adults, but we owe it to them to share it.
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Caroline Hickman
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The Real Legacy of the College Admissions Scandal
Teaching a child to cheat their way to success doesn't just destroy their self-esteem. It teaches them that deep down inside, you don't believe in them.
By
Lee Habeeb
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How California Legislators Made a Mess out of Rent Control
If they'd left the market alone and let rents rise, builders would have chosen to create more rental housing, and rents would have fallen on their own.
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Sam Hill
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Dull Debate Shows Democrats Need the One Thing They Can't Have—a Trump
Thursday's boring, old-time politician tone was painful to sit through. Remember the exciting, unpredictable, entertaining Republican debates of 2015-2016?
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Newt Gingrich
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Too Many Charities Are Run by White Men Like Me
If we want charities to achieve all they can, they must reflect the societies they claim to serve.
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Eric Timmins
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Netanyahu's Fearmongering Tactics Falter
From losing longtime ally John Bolton to having several tested electioneering tricks backfire, Israel's prime minister is not having a good week.
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Marc Schulman
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Diversity is Key to Inspiring a New Generation of Engineers
As engineering systems become ever more complex and omnipresent, it is vital that the profession properly reflects the society it serves.
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Hayaatun Sillem
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What Canada's Simple but Effective Privacy Model Can Teach the U.S.
Canada's bottom-up model upholds privacy as a human right and a constitutional value, while valuing the economic importance of innovative data use.
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Jennifer Stoddart
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Remembering the Sweeping Expulsion of Poland's Jews After the Holocaust
Communist Poland expelled many of its surviving Jews in a nation-wide anti-Semitic campaign, two decades after the war.
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Daniel Schatz
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I'm Black and Jewish. How Do Democrats Plan to Defeat White Nationalism?
Calling out the president for his racist rhetoric isn't enough. We need concrete policies to address the harm he's done to our country.
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Ginna Green
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The Great Alone: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail
Tim Voors walked the entire length of America in a 2,650 mile hike from Mexico to Canada - here's why.
The Great Barrier Reef Is Heading for a 'Death by a Thousand Cuts'
It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse.
Tallest Tree in the Amazon Rainforest Has Been Discovered by Scientists
Scientists found the 288 foot tree during a project to scan parts of the rainforest with lasers.
Newt Gingrich: GOP Victories Contradict the Media's Pure-Baloney Narrative
Here's the scorecard as we head for 2020: Trump and the Republicans - 2; Pelosi and the Democrats - 0.
Juvenile Justice Reform Deserves Time on the Democratic Debate Stage
What many Americans may not realize is the indisputable link between today's most critical issues and what's happening in our broken youth justice system.
British Democracy is on Life Support. We Need a Written Constitution Now
Government by centuries-old conventions and uncodified rules makes it possible for the powerful to manipulate the system for their own ends
There's Always Someone Who Wants to Ruin the Party
Some platforms just don't know how to have fun.
Trump Is Stealing From Military Families to Pay for His Border Wall
Remember how Mexico was supposed to pay for the wall? Now our commander in chief wants to take $3.6 billion from the U.S. military construction budget for his xenophobic vanity project.
President Trump Should Honor 9/11 by Getting the U.S. Out of Afghanistan
Let's pay tribute to the victims of the 9/11 attacks with a bold action to ensure that we don't create more victims.
Trump Is Recklessly Endangering the Lives of America's Spies
The CIA was forced to remove a top source from Russia, thanks in no small part to our loose-lipped president.
Want to Protect Immigrant Rights? Cut the Pentagon Budget
If Republicans and Democrats alike didn't over-spend on the Pentagon for years, Trump wouldn't have piles of cash to plunder for his passion projects.