The best op-ed pages operate like a town square, allowing readers to discuss and debate issues important to their communities and beyond. But many now focus on divisive national political issues.
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3 lessons from how schools responded to 1918 pandemic worth heeding today
Three main lessons today’s educators and policymakers can draw from how schools and communities responded to the last century’s pandemic.
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Government secrecy is growing during the coronavirus pandemic
Since the spread of coronavirus accelerated in recent weeks, local, state and federal officials throughout the United States have locked down information from the public.
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How frigid polar vortex blasts are connected to global warming
Are you wondering how does global warming fit into the Polar Vortex story?
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Federal workers begin to feel pain of shutdown as 800,000 lose their paychecks
In this article from our partner The Conversation, a Boston University professor looks at how the loss of income could affect 800,000 federal workers.
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How Salvation Army’s red kettles became a Christmas tradition
A communications scholar examines how a British evangelical church became an American icon.
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Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate
A story from our partner, The Conversation, about how eating meat may not be as much to blame for climate change as previous reports suggested.
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How World War I ushered in the century of oil
A story from our partner, The Conversation, about how World War One was influential in moving America from coal to oil.
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Marijuana is on the ballot in four states, but legalization may soon stall, researchers say
An analysis by professors from Penn State and Wright State suggests that marijuana legalization of all types is about to hit a wall.
