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in Afghanistan, Afghanistan War (2001- ), Bagram Air Base (Afghanistan), Biden, Joseph R Jr, Kabul (Afghanistan), United States Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government

Opinion | What Joe Biden and I Saw After the U.S. Invaded Afghanistan

I ended up lending Biden my satellite phone to call Secretary of State Colin Powell, via the State Department operations center, to see if he could help. “‘This is Joe Biden, could you connect me with Colin Powell?’ Biden asked the State Department operator. A few minutes passed. ‘Colin? Hey, it’s Joe Biden. … Yeah, […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 18, 2021, 10:00 am
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in Aleksei A, Assassinations and Attempted Assassinations, Navalny, Political Prisoners, Putin, Russia, Vladimir V

Opinion | Aleksei Navalny Needs His Doctors

Aleksei Navalny’s wife, doctor and colleagues have sounded an anguished alarm that the incarcerated Kremlin critic’s health is rapidly deteriorating and his heart could stop any minute. They and many other supporters of Mr. Navalny are demanding that his doctors be immediately allowed to see and treat him. The decision clearly rests with President Vladimir […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 3:53 pm
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in Corporate Taxes, Deductions and Exemptions, Federal Taxes (US), Tax Credits, Tax Shelters, United States Economy, United States Politics and Government

Opinion | Make Tax-Dodging Companies Pay for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

American companies and companies that make money in the United States are not paying enough money in taxes. Even as profits have soared, tax payments have declined. Fifty-five of the nation’s largest corporations — including FedEx, Nike and the agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland — paid nothing in federal income taxes in 2020, despite collectively […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 1:42 pm
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in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), DeSantis, Donald J, Elections, Florida, Governors, Republican Party, Ron, Trump, United States Politics and Government

Opinion | Ron DeSantis Is the Republican Autopsy

After the Republican Party suffered a surprising (well, to Republicans) defeat in the 2012 election, the Republican National Committee famously commissioned an autopsy that tried to analyze how the party had fallen short. It made a range of recommendations, but they were distilled by the headlines — and the wishful thinking of certain party elites […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 1:38 pm
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Opinion | I Have Read Thousands of Résumés and I Have Some Advice

Here, résumé means summary or recapitulation. In loads of American newspapers, the word résumé appears in theater and book reviews well before it shows up in classifieds. So while this might be the first time someone deployed résumé to refer to a professional summary, it predates the evolution of the word into a stand-alone term. […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 10:20 am
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in Afghanistan War (2001- ), Biden, Gates, Joseph R Jr, Robert M, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government

Opinion | On Afghanistan, Biden Ditches the Generals

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan has a complicated relationship with time. And America has a complicated relationship with revenge. Between these two truths, tragedy blossomed. Awash in grief and anger, we invaded Afghanistan after 9/11 to hunt down Osama bin Laden and punish the Taliban for letting him turn a maze of caves into a launching pad […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 10:10 am
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in Birth Control and Family Planning, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Race and Ethnicity, Women's Rights

Opinion | Planned Parenthood Is Done Making Excuses for Margaret Sanger

What we don’t want to be, as an organization, is a Karen. You know Karen: She escalates small confrontations because of her own racial anxiety. She calls the manager. She calls the police. She stands with other white parents to maintain school segregation. And then there are the organizational Karens. The groups who show up, […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 10:05 am
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in Abortion, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Henrietta, Johnson & Johnson, Lacks, Pfizer Inc, United States, Vaccination and Immunization

Opinion | Why Anti-Abortion Catholics Should Get Vaccinated

However, a murder victim has a voice in her choice to opt into organ donation. The victim does not need to fear that she will be reduced purely to her organs — her humanity was not in question in the first place. Aborted fetuses don’t have the same assurance. The doctors who stop their hearts […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 17, 2021, 10:00 am
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in Black Lives Matter Movement, Black People, Chauvin, Daunte (d 2021), Derek (1976- ), Floyd, George (d 2020), George Floyd Protests (2020), Kimberly A (1973- ), Minnesota, Misconduct and Shootings, Police, Police Brutality, Potter, Wright

Opinion | Minnesota Values White Comfort More Than Black Lives

Still, Black drivers account for the majority of traffic stops and searches by Minneapolis police. Officers use force against Black people at a rate seven times greater than against whites. According to a Minneapolis Star Tribune database of police-related deaths of Minnesotans since 2000, Blacks account for 27 percent of the deaths in police encounters. […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 5:57 pm
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in Black People, Daunte (d 2021), Discrimination, George Floyd Protests (2020), Income Inequality, Minneapolis (Minn), Minnesota, Race and Ethnicity, Wright

Opinion | Minnesota Is One of the Best Places to Live in America. Unless You’re Black.

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is one of the best places to live in America. It has good schools, excellent housing and low unemployment. It regularly appears near the top of indexes for livability. But all of that matters much less if you’re Black. Across a whole host of measures — unemployment rates, wages, incarceration rates, test […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 3:56 pm
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in Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization

Opinion | Hang Out With Your Vaccinated Friends

The Covid-19 vaccines are a medical marvel. But many people are still waiting their turn to get vaccinated. Right now, with more infectious variants spreading and no authorized vaccine for children, the risks of Covid-19 to unvaccinated people remain high. While much of the national conversation has focused on what vaccinated people can do, it’s […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 3:20 pm
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Former Border Patrol Agent Gives His Opinion On The Wall And Shocking Details Of Smuggler Tactics

Former Chief Patrol Agent of the US Border Patrol, Roy Villareal appeared on Theo Von’s podcast to discuss the current situation of the US border along Mexico. Theo Von is a stand-up comedian who hosts a YouTube podcast called ‘This Past Weekend’ and feautres guests from all backgrounds. Roy Villareal led the Tuscon Sector in […] More

by Tonya Frazier April 16, 2021, 2:30 pm