Opinion
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Opinion: The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing: People.
The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing is people. People volunteering. People talking with people. People rising. And, importantly, people who care deeply about real issues that lower costs for families and boost the economy – and importantly, people who also want less vitriol, racism, misogyny, and hate.
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Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
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Opinion: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.
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Opinion: This November, let freedom ring!
“We cannot take freedom for granted,” say Florida House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell and CEO of NewDEAL Debbie Cox Bultan, as they advocate for Floridians’ freedom through democracy.
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10 million books and counting: How the AFT-First Book partnership is boosting literacy
Books change lives, and this weekend, First Book and AFT will be giving away thousands in their partnership to get more kids reading.
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Opinion: Trump has shown he can’t keep Americans safe. In a second term, that could be disastrous.
From his failed response to COVID-19 to his role in the overturning Roe v. Wade to his new economic agenda that could cause job losses and price hikes, Donald Trump has proven he can’t protect Americans, writes Chris Edelson.
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Sabrina Bousbar: Florida women are waking up with fewer rights today
Bousbar, who is running for Congress in November against Republican incumbent Anna Paulina Luna, calls Florida’s 6-week ban “a continued assault on access to vital healthcare.”
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Opinion: Donald Trump’s corruption hurts all of us
Whether it’s a small cabinet-building business, a retired schoolteacher, or the American taxpayer, Donald Trump’s long history of corruption has caused no shortage of damage, writes Chris Edelson.
