Opinion: The growing problem of space junk
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 1, which launched on October 4, 1957, was the first human-made object in space. It kick-started
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Opinion: RBG was right
In a 5-4 decision, the court struck down the law’s preclearance formula requiring states and localities to obtain approval from
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Opinion: How to talk to insurrectionists and conspiracy theorists
I’m a cognitive scientist who has been studying the drivers of political violence for the better part of a decade.
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Opinion: Lawmaker’s ridiculous explanation for the three-fifths compromise on slavery
The Constitution’s “three-fifths compromise,” he said, was designed “to ensure that southern states never got the population necessary to continue
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Opinion: On jobs, McConnell just doesn’t get it. Biden does.
We are at a moment of truth. America needs economic modernization to create good jobs and a safe environment, and
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Opinion: Arizona’s dangerous vote audit includes a hunt for bamboo
It sounds like the plot of a fictional thriller, but it’s the reality of the ongoing Arizona election “audit” —
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Opinion: America’s Covid vaccine hesitation is an insult to countries in need
Last week in rural Oregon, a woman of advanced age breathlessly explained to me how she was never taking the
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Opinion: I am ready for a new kind of Mother’s Day
This time last year we were well into a pandemic, already exhausted (especially if we were the mothers of small
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Opinion: With a Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver likely, time to rethink global intellectual property rules
As awareness of vaccine inequality has grown, patents and other types of intellectual property have become central to how the
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Opinion: GOP congressman wants investigation of Democrat who called out inflammatory Big Lie social posts
It all fits neatly with the effort to push out the conservative Republican Rep. Liz Cheney from the Republican leadership
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