Opinion
Love Canal mom says EPA just gave polluters a license to kill
April 7, 2020Using the pandemic as cover, the agency is suspending environmental regulations. I’ve seen firsthand what happens next—people die.
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Trump’s “blame China” campaign is an effort to dodge responsibility
April 3, 2020First, China was doing too much to stop the coronavirus. Now, U.S. media and government officials are saying it didn’t do enough. Ian Goodrum asks them to make up their minds.
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A lesson in handling crisis from Major League Baseball
April 2, 2020Washington should take a lesson from the majors.
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For panicking capitalists, resuming profit flow trumps everything
March 25, 2020Public health experts are united in advising Americans: “Keep your ass at home.” Trump’s panicky insistence on sabotaging that strategy is more than just ignorance and irresponsibility. It’s not the “economy” in general he’s in a...
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Can Democrats widen their appeal to embrace rural working-class America?
March 23, 2020It would certainly go a long way toward addressing the increasingly severe class stratifications in our society and working-class issues overall.
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