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December 7, 2022
Is Eric Adams Bringing Back the Asylum?
Adams calls his new involuntary hospitalization order a “moral mandate” to “deliver for our most vulnerable.” What the policy actually delivers is an era akin to the age of the carceral psychiatric ward.
Beatrice Adler-Bolton and Artie Vierkant
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November 28, 2022
When It Comes to Endometriosis, “Doing Your Own Research” Might Actually Be Necessary
The health care system often neglects women and people with uteruses. For those who suffer from invisible diseases, informing oneself can be life-saving work.
Kate Shannon Jenkins
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October 20, 2022
Civil War Isn’t on the Horizon—the Original Battle Never Ended
Those in the media sounding the alarm about civil unrest are right to be worried, but popular explorations of the term “civil war” don’t go far enough.
Steve Phillips
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September 30, 2022
What the Government Never Learned From Puerto Rico
Five years after Category 5 Hurricane María, Puerto Rico still wasn’t ready for the Category 1 Fiona. Why can’t federal and local governments be trusted to lead recovery?
Israel Meléndez Ayala
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July 5, 2022
Want to Give Israelis Seamless Travel? First You Have To Recognize Arab Americans as Americans.
For years, the State Department has failed to protect Arab Americans from mistreatment at the Israel-Palestine border. Now’s not the time to ignore that.
James Zogby
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June 23, 2022
The Government’s Investigation Into a Brookings Ex-President Should Worry Think Tanks
Accepting foreign government funding may have just gotten harder.
Eli Clifton and Benjamin Freeman
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July 23, 2015
Is Goldman Sachs Partly to Blame for Greece’s Debt Crisis?
The bank should be held morally accountable for its risky deal-making, says Reich. Nonsense, says Cohan—that’s “populist demagoguery.”
William D. Cohan and Robert B. Reich
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November 6, 2013
The Ray Kelly ‘Shoutdown’: Free-Speech Failure or Democracy in Action?
Was this “shoutdown” an abrogation of free speech or a necessary moment of speaking truth to power?
Rania Khalek, Richard Yeselson, Jesse A. Myerson, Katha Pollitt and OpinionNation
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June 27, 2013
What’s Next for the LGBT Movement?
With victory in the fight for marriage equality in sight, what should LGBT activists focus on now?
Urvashi Vaid, Lisa Duggan, Tamara Metz and Amber Hollibaugh
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April 15, 2013
OpinionNation: Immigration Activists and Experts on Their ‘Dealbreakers’ on Immigration Reform
A fair path to citizenship, an end to deportations, a better temporary worker program, immigration reform that works for women—three activists and a policy expert talk about what the reform bill must include.
Sarahi Uribe, Kica Matos, Ai-jen Poo and Janice Fine