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Sun, July 3, 2022 | 17:51

Drastically reducing nicotine levels will save a lot of lives

Nicotine kills. Oh, not directly, for the most part. It's just so addictive that cigarette smokers find it nearly impossible to quit a product that subtracts years off their lives, causes cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, strokes and heart disease, along with worsening Type 2 diabetes. In 2018, more than half of the smokers in this country tried to stop; only 8 p...

2022-07-03 15:58

Washington's lack of diversity is hurting democracy

A recent wave of media attention has pointed to a toxic workplace culture in much of the Washington, D.C., political ecosystem. From the viral “Dear White Staffers” on Capitol Hill, to growing worker dissatisfaction at liberal nonprofits, it's become clear that the policy field doesn't always practice what it preaches when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion.

2022-06-30 17:00

Devastating defeat for rights of women

Overturning Roe v. Wade is not the first time the Supreme Court has driven a dagger into the heart of human rights and further divided a deeply troubled nation. But not since the 19th century have there been other decisions so dreadfully indefensible and consequential.

2022-06-29 17:00

Elon Musk is not the populist he pretends to be

In the latest chronicles of Big Tech's most contentious tycoon - Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, founder of SpaceX and self-described “free speech absolutist” - the illusion of a populist hero is flickering. Earlier this month, several workers at SpaceX were fired after issuing a letter criticizing Musk for his online antics, labeling him a frequent source of “distractio...

2022-06-28 17:00

Overturning Roe v. Wade accelerates return to dark time in American history

Even though I'm a woman of childbearing age, I've been privileged enough to never have had to deal with the prospect of an unwanted pregnancy or the choice of whether to carry a pregnancy to term.

2022-06-27 17:00

Monkeypox is not our next pandemic, but it has lessons for us

Monkeypox is a viral disease, distantly related to its far more deadly cousin, smallpox. So far this year, it has been discovered in dozens of countries that are generally not familiar with monkeypox, with about 113 cases in the U.S., 15 of them in Illinois.

2022-06-26 16:15

National Ocean Month highlights global climate action

On June 8, World Ocean Day, President Joe Biden announced plans to designate the Hudson Canyon - the deep Atlantic submarine canyon that is an extension of New York's Hudson River Valley - as a marine sanctuary. He also banned the use of single-use plastic, a growing source of ocean pollution, in U.S. National Parks by 2023 and established an Ocean Climate Action Plan.

2022-06-23 16:21

Check yourself: Gov. Hochul reminds voters who provided them a rebate

The pro-Gov. Kathy Hochul message is going out to millions of New Yorkers, landing in their mailboxes right before the Democratic primary next week. No, this isn't a fancy color campaign flyer paid for from her considerable war chest touting our endorsement, but a plain, 8.5-inch by 3.5-inch document from the state Tax Department.

2022-06-23 16:18

If Biden gives up on climate, it's a white flag for the planet

At one point in Al Gore's seminal 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth,” the former vice president laments that his tobacco-farming parents didn't stop raising tobacco until after their beloved daughter Nancy died of lung cancer in Tennessee.

2022-06-23 16:15

Trashing our public parks

What compels someone to travel to the far-off wilderness, enjoy the natural splendor it affords - and then decide to ruin it for everyone else? On June 12, officials at Yosemite National Park posted a distressing photo of vandalism along the popular Yosemite Falls Trail and asked for the public's help in identifying the perpetrators.

2022-06-23 16:00

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