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Published
April 17, 2022

Austin Bay: Ukraine needs offensive weapons — and needs them now

There will be a Russian onslaught. But it's time to arm Ukraine with the offensive weapons to launch the war-winning counterstroke.
Published
April 17, 2022

Caitlyn Hartman: Advocacy through the lens of a Sexual Assault Response Team

SARTs are there for survivors or concerned others (family, friends, partners) in a number of ways.
Published
April 17, 2022

Angelica Levy: College students’ safety and well-being need legislative support

Students deserve to be respected, students deserve to be believed and students deserve to feel safe when they are going to school. Currently, there are not any laws that require universities to hold those aggressors accountable and that connect student survivors with adequate support.
Published
April 17, 2022

Cal Thomas: Biden the ghost (gun) buster

Inflation ballooned 8.5% in March compared to a year ago, the largest increase since December 1981 and the fifth straight monthly surge.
Published
April 17, 2022

Froma Harrop: Terrorists lose by not changing us

Ukrainians' refusal to let Vladimir Putin intimidate them should be an inspiration to us all. New Yorkers have done their small part in facing down fear. The terrorists lose by not changing us.

Published
April 16, 2022

Sen. Russell Black: Coming together for Maine’s workers

If we don’t take the responsibility to come together to look out for Maine’s people, who will? That’s why we were elected and, regardless of party, it’s why we’re here to serve.
Published
April 16, 2022

Froma Harrop: China has to choose: Russia or us

President Joe Biden warned China that if it helps Russia in its savagery against Ukraine, the U.S. might apply sanctions to Chinese products.
Published
April 15, 2022

Rich Lowry: The Russian way of brutality

Where the Russian military goes, war crimes are sure to follow. It is a reflection of a twisted Russian political culture that has never developed an appreciation for individual worth, democratic accountability, or humanitarian norms. Vladimir Putin is not to be confused with Lenin or Stalin — he paints his horrors on a much smaller canvas. But his cold-eyed brutality is characteristically Russian.
Published
April 14, 2022

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Who’s next to be arrested for abortion?

It seems reasonable to suspect Lizelle Herrera’s arrest will someday go down as a harbinger, foreshadowing the achievement of a goal toward which the so-called “pro-life” movement has been driving for almost half a century: a world where abortion is a criminal offense.
Published
April 13, 2022

Cal Thomas: Parents’ rights: Round 2

How is it that parents are encouraged to exercise parental control over their child's computer and movie choices (there are apps and icons for this), but when it comes to their schooling they are told to butt out?

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