Our means of regulating toxic substances has been fundamentally flawed for years.
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Our View: Good climate policy depends on consensus
Efforts from the ground up won’t work without firm commitment from the top down.
Commentary: Who’s really keeping Ozempic and Wegovy prices so high?
On Tuesday, congressional leaders spent two hours taking to task Novo Nordisk Chief Executive Officer Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen over the high price of the company’s diabetes and obesity drugs, Ozempic and Wegovy. Now the question is whether those prices will change. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, chair of the Senate health committee, focused his sights not […]
Hilary Koch: A woman’s health deserves more than a letter
Our health care system leaves patients, especially women, to find their own way, the columnist writes.
Scholars Strategy Network: The candidates for president have starkly different views on education
The Harris campaign builds on current education programs; the GOP plan calls for the elimination of both Head Start and the federal Department of Education.
Commentary: Social media age limits are too little too late
Australia’s government wants to ban children up to age 16 from social media, and is spending millions of dollars to figure out how. I’m willing to wager it won’t take long for tech-savvy teens who grew up on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to figure out how to log back on. The promised regulation, currently sparse […]
Douglas Rooks: Dejoy’s plan for U.S. Postal Service will create death spiral for mail delivery
The USPS is a great public service. We should treat it like one, writes the columnist.
Opinion: Baptist, Black and voting for Harris
My vote for the vice president is not simply a matter of shared religious and racial or ethnic identity.
Commentary: ‘Why do I have to hide, Mommy?’ My kindergartener’s first lockdown drill
I send my 6-year-old son to kindergarten wearing an AirTag. I take pictures of him every day in the school drop-off line to remember his outfit. I avoid buying light-up sneakers. I subconsciously stay away from bright colors. I’ve memorized the shape of his birthmark and every single scar on his little body. I do […]
Commentary: National Voter Registration Day is more important than ever
Each election, millions of Americans miss out on the opportunity to cast their votes because they are not registered. Some may have moved; others may not realize they need to update their voter registration, while others missed the deadline. In polling, thousands of non-voters consistently cite registration issues as their reason for not participating in […]