Opinion Columns
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Black education: a glimmer of hopeJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria Scruggs, said: "The (school) district has show...
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Border is not the only issue in effort to control immigrationJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - As the government shutdown moves into its third week, the focus of the debate is over whether an extended multibillion-dollar barrier at our southern border will reduce ...
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A physician's case for a single-payer health careJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - Shane Patrick Boyle, a Type 1 diabetic living in Texas, had to move to Arkansas to care for his sick mother. His health insurance did not provide coverage in that state,...
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A conservative's call to action to save the planetJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - CAMDEN, S.C. - Tom Mullikin is that guy - you know, the one who finishes Christmas dinner, then takes off to scale Mount Everest, conducting business by satellite phone ...
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New Year's resolution for Illinois employers: Hire more people with disabilities and veteransJan 07, 2019 12:00 am - Michelle, who became paralyzed from chest to toes due to a car crash in 2002, recently earned bachelor and master's degrees from Roosevelt University. As of November 201...
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The next two years are about democracy itselfJan 06, 2019 12:00 am - "This is what democracy looks like." It's the chant heard again and again at the women's marches the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated and echoed later in mobilizat...
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Evangelicals falsely believe they have found a champion in TrumpJan 06, 2019 12:00 am - By all indications, the reluctant support by white evangelicals for Donald Trump against Hillary Clinton in 2016 has solidified into something like devotion. In his ana...
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The Democrats' magic numberJan 04, 2019 12:00 am - By Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts As the new year turns and Democrats focus on candidates to oppose President Donald Trump in 2020, there's one number they should k...
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What a changing climate means for governmentJan 04, 2019 12:00 am - Looking back at 2018's weather-related news, it seems clear that this was the year climate change became unavoidable. I don't mean that the fires in California, coastal ...
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When Democrats embraced the 'southern border fencing strategy'Jan 03, 2019 12:00 am - In 2006, Congress passed the Secure Fence Act, which mandated the construction of multilayer pedestrian fencing along about 600 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. It passe...