USA Today: Opinion
- Strange alliance: Why evangelicals, atheists and LGBTQ+ leaders should work together
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 04:00 AMDespite coming from different backgrounds and experiences, three marginalized groups face similar threats in many countries around the world
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Maryland governor to Congress: The infrastructure bill drama is arcane. 'Just get it done.'
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 06:30 AMOutside Washington, it's obvious: America's infrastructure is crumbling and in dire need of federal investment. There's nothing partisan about that.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A sobering reality: Alcohol kills more Americans each year than drug overdoses do
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 03:00 PMAlcohol dependence represents a more insidious threat than we are willing to acknowledge – to our health, our families and our livelihoods.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hold Facebook accountable: Protect teens from Instagram's dark side
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:00 AMIf Facebook and other social media platforms can't show their products are harmless, Congress has to step in to protect children.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - George Floyd dishonored by lack of bipartisan support, action from Biden on police reform
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:02 PMBiden rolled into office pledging to have the back of the Black community. Punting police reform to Congress was a crisis of political will.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - To help stop the spread of COVID-19, stop packing a major hot spot: prisons and jails
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:00 AMSocial distancing is not possible in packed jails, and biological networks do not respect prison walls.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The new big lie Republicans want you to believe? That there's a puppeteer at the White House.
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 08:59 PMNobody is cutting off Biden's mic or dictating his decisions. The fictional conservative narrative contradicts what people can see for themselves.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - It's OK to want justice for Gabby Petito and acknowledge that thousands are missing, with no media attention
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 05:42 AMIn 2020, 543,018 individuals were reported missing, 40% people of color. What are their names? We've been here before: 'Missing white woman syndrome.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: How the civil rights movement exposed the harsh realities of racism in the US
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 07:30 PMIn the 1960s, Black organizers created formalized protests to challenge white supremacy and forever change the nation.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Horrific': Biden administration's handling of Haitian migrants at US border is shameful
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 01:13 PMHaitian migrants' only 'crime' was to hope that America would live up to its values and promises, that huddled masses could still find refuge here.
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- President Biden isn't a puppet and the other top opinion columns of the week
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 06:00 AMFor your weekend reading, we've started in-case-you-missed-it compilations of some of the week's top USA TODAY Opinion pieces.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - COVID-19 worry is keeping patients from getting lifesaving early-detection screenings
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 07:00 AMScreening is a key part of detecting and treating cancers, including breast, colon, prostate, lung and more. Early detection means better treatment.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - I am a Haitian American. Brutality at border nothing new. My success is part of deception.
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 09:17 AMI came to America years ago as a child. Now I struggle to contain my tears as I watch the violence inflicted on Haitians. My success is deceptive.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Backstory: Civil rights lessons. Why we need to learn about 1961 to better understand 2021.
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:01 AMThen, there were fights over school integration. Now? Fights over teaching about racism. Then, activists wanted voting rights. Now they protest limits.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Have some damn respect: Why schools can't find enough teachers to fill classrooms
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 05:01 AMOur students should never have had to depend on the selflessness or sacrifice of suckers like me to receive a good quality education.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Blow his head off': Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:01 AMGeorge Floyd Justice in Policing Act is stalled in Congress. It's now up to the Supreme Court. There should be no Constitution-free zone in the USA.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump-fueled violence is not over. Now is not the time to let our guard down.
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 09:20 AMWhen the entire ideological core of a political party is rooted in conspiracy theory, it goes deeper into the extreme with every passing day.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Sickening' display of hate: Why world leaders should boycott U.N.'s Durban event
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 05:00 AMThe ugly spirit, if not the actual language, of the infamous Zionism is 'a form of racism' resolution will be celebrated at the United Nations.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As a domestic violence survivor, I can't stop thinking about Gabby Petito
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 02:13 PMWe latched onto Gabby's story less because we saw ourselves in her, and more because we saw our abusers in her partner.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House Democrats' tax plan is a disaster. Here's how it would punish small businesses.
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 05:01 AMIn Washington, D.C., words are meaningless – it's actions that matter. And these tax increases, if enacted, would be a disaster.
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- Enlightened algorithms? Progressives ask Big Tech to censor 'bad' ideas to save us from ourselves
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 06:01 AMEnlightened algorithms are responsible for large-scale censorship across social media platforms that reach global audiences.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'The View' live COVID reveal of co-hosts is latest example of media elites thinking rules don't apply
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 02:29 PMI can't help but feel, from deep in the heart of fly over country, that this is another example of America's elites acting as if rules are beneath them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Mexico, we've seen destitute Haitian families heading north for weeks. Why was US unprepared?
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:48 PMThat tens of thousands of people were en route to apply for asylum was no secret. The U.S. should have been prepared to receive them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Channeling my mom (but never her hair), I see reason for hope this fall: Kids' vaccines are coming
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 06:00 AMLast year we had an autumn like no other because of the pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - First Amendment Day is an important reminder of the rights we enjoy – and must protect
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 10:00 AMThe First Amendment connects us as Americans, yet most citizens can't name its five freedoms: religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'You can't sue him': How legal immunity protects federal law enforcement officers
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 06:01 AMThe Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear Kevin Byrd's case, against a Homeland Security agent who held him at gunpoint.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gabby Petito case: Blame Brian Laundrie's disappearance on FBI
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 09:21 PMMany blame the North Port Police Department for the disappearance of Brian Laundrie in Florida. They have the wrong agency.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Don't fall for the allure of dying leaves. A new season means extra work, aggravation.
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 06:01 AMDon't fall for falling leaves. They just mean more work. Pumpkin spice, sweater weather, first day back to school. No thanks.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Animated video explains the civil rights movement
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 07:30 PMThe civil rights movement demanded an end to segregation and expanded voting rights for Black Americans.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Asian movie fans, Marvel's 'Shang-Chi' stirs pride and controversy
Tuesday - 09/21/2021 - 06:00 AMThe new superhero flick 'Shang-Chi' isn't just a win for representation. It gets that Asians aren't just a monolithic mass, writes Mary Chao.
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