USA Today: Opinion
- What I tell myself every time my blood boils over George Floyd's death
Monday - 04/12/2021 - 04:00 AMSometimes it feels like the trial isn't necessary for Derek Chauvin, the officer who put his knee in George Floyd's neck. But vengeance isn't justice.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - My first love was toxic and abusive and began at ground zero of a pedophile scandal: Child gymnast
Monday - 04/12/2021 - 07:00 AMI endured Larry Nassar, John Geddert and the terrifying culture of youth gymnastics. Some days I am strong. But every day I am surviving.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Find a rope, get a tree: That's the sorry history of lynching, not the justice we need now
Sunday - 04/11/2021 - 09:52 AMWhat was Rep. Chip Roy thinking? I don't know, but there's no excuse for words that evoke racially motivated hangings, hundreds in Texas alone.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mother to mother: A woman who lost her child to gun violence makes a plea to Kamala Harris
Saturday - 04/10/2021 - 07:00 AMToo often responses to gun violence focus solely on mass shootings. What about the suffering of Black mothers like me who lose their children to gang violence?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In real life, transgender female athletes are a non-controversy: Retired high school coach
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 05:00 AMWe belatedly stopped excluding athletes of color from high school and college sports. How many more years will people try to exclude trans athletes?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Prince Philip was the most interesting royal
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 09:50 AMThere is one royal, however, whose story is better than tabloid fare, better even than fiction. His name is Philip.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - We fought our only civil war over equality for all, an idea Republicans are still fighting
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 04:00 AMSlavery vs. 'equality of all men' is an inherently divisive subject. This is what the past four years have been about: the 'last shriek' of racism.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Joni Ernst: Democrats' Violence Against Women Act pressures women to negotiate with abusers
Thursday - 04/08/2021 - 07:00 AMWomen have fought too long to not be held responsible for the actions of their abusers; I cannot support legislation that would return us to the past.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yo-Yo Ma talks COVID, hope and anti-Asian hate: 'Why is anybody surprised?'
Thursday - 04/08/2021 - 05:02 AMBeing of use in a pandemic and how a 'beginner's mind' can help us move past divisions: Words and music from Yo-Yo Ma in a USA TODAY interview
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Agape tries to put the unity in community
Wednesday - 04/07/2021 - 06:56 PMMarquis Bowie used to occupy the streets as part of his gang, now he's back to make a positive difference to young people in his community
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- Could public money finance private-school discrimination, religion and fake history?
Monday - 04/12/2021 - 06:03 AMIf states can't control what's taught with taxpayer money, the upshot could be ending charter schools and public funds for private tuition altogether.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden wants do big things. For America and history, he should get them done any way he can.
Monday - 04/12/2021 - 03:15 AMBiden seemed like a safe choice. But so far he might as well be wearing a T-shirt saying, 'Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.'
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Corporations don't like voter suppression, so McConnell wants them out of politics. Seriously?
Saturday - 04/10/2021 - 05:00 AMRepublicans stand on the wrong side of history and democracy. One can only hope corporate America will continue to see through their hypocrisy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Finally, teachers can put down that can of disinfectant and get back to teaching
Saturday - 04/10/2021 - 07:02 AMNow that the CDC says most schools don't have to disinfect surfaces every day, can we ease up on using teachers as janitors?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - I'm an American citizen, essential worker and mother of two. Why was my husband deported?
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 07:01 AMMy husband was on the path to legal permanent residency when he was suddenly deported and taken from our family. Why is this happening to us?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Georgia's voting law, the Senate filibuster, and other top Opinion reads this week
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 08:01 AMFrom the tension over Georgia's voting law, to Derek Chauvin's trial, and the filibuster rule, here are some of our top columns you may have missed.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Obamacare, for all its health insurance flaws, survives Trump, repeal, replace and COVID-19
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 04:08 AMOur View: Affordable Care Act, signed 11 years ago, is still insuring Americans. After President Biden reopened enrollment, over 500,000 signed up.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taming the 4th COVID surge: Delay second shots and get first vaccine doses into arms ASAP.
Thursday - 04/08/2021 - 03:15 AMBeing flexible in the face of new evidence has saved thousands of lives. We can save thousands more by giving first shots only, starting right now.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The futility of boycotts: Will Donald Trump really stop drinking Diet Coke? Does it matter?
Wednesday - 04/07/2021 - 06:04 PMCoke didn't cave, as Trump and others claim. It's just doing what Trump has always done: determining what's best for business and acting accordingly.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How George Floyd's death inspired these former gang members to help the local neighborhood
Wednesday - 04/07/2021 - 07:01 PMAs I continue to spend time in Minneapolis, I see the positives that community members are trying to wrestle from the tragedy of George Floyd's death.
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- Online clinics show abortion access can survive state restrictions and Roe v. Wade threat
Monday - 04/12/2021 - 08:50 AMRemote care amid COVID-19 illustrates abortion rights are resilient even in the face of a hostile Supreme Court or state laws designed to gut them.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The U.S. will have a COVID-19 vaccine surplus. Here's why Mexico should get it first.
Sunday - 04/11/2021 - 06:00 AMWhy should Mexico get our extra COVID-19 vaccine, when so many other countries desperately need it? Three words: fatalities, flows and friendship.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Patti Davis: I understand Hunter Biden's darkness of addiction. Don't you dare judge us.
Sunday - 04/11/2021 - 05:01 AMFor those of us with addictions, poison is our love; it is dependable and familiar. For those of us lucky enough to quit, we are suddenly very alone.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A courtroom chair for Derek Chauvin supporters has sat nearly empty through two weeks of his trial
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 08:07 PMThe trial, with graphic testimony of how George Floyd died, has been hard to watch. Maybe it's too much for supporters of his accused killer.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why violent crime surged after police across America retreated
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 06:00 AMEven the most dedicated officers who now face a greater risk of being sued, fired or prosecuted for doing their job feel pressure to pull back.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Backstory: 'Vaccine passports,' limited graduations, flexible work schedules. Our experts discuss life after COVID vaccines.
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 09:18 AMAs more people get vaccinated, talk turns to how life will change. Can we travel? Will graduations be normal? Will vaccines be required at work?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Affordable Care Act, 11 years later, is still giving us harmful side effects
Friday - 04/09/2021 - 01:50 AMOpposing View: Americans should be skeptical of trusting those who brought us Obamacare to 'fix' its problems, writes former HHS chief Tom Price.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Claiming state voting reforms are racist is ridiculous. I should know: Ken Blackwell
Thursday - 04/08/2021 - 04:00 AMClaims that voter ID laws are racist are false. Most voters actually support voter ID requirements, and these reforms are helpful for safe elections.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Why bias blocks Asian Americans from top leadership positions
Thursday - 04/08/2021 - 06:00 AMCalling out inherent bias is critical, but it also highlights a second societal problem: A dearth of APIs in leadership roles in our country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chauvin trial: Blue wall of silence crumbling. Police chief, others, bring landmark moment.
Wednesday - 04/07/2021 - 01:39 PMMedaria Arradondo's testimony sends a loud signal down the chain of command and to police across the country: Put truth above loyalty.
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