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Newsday: Purdue Pharma pushed deadly opioids for profit — and the FDA did nothing

The combination of pharmaceutical companies willing to do everything to increase sales, and a regulatory agency unwilling to…

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Doyle McManus: It’s time for Democrats to say what they’d do to solve asylum

One of the 18 declared presidential candidates needs to show what he or she would do to solve…

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Kelly O’Connor: The real shame of the opioid crisis: Purdue Pharma

My little sister, Jenny, didn’t have a funeral. Her estranged, drug-dealer husband took her body from the hospital…

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Kirstjen Nielsen and the high cost of amoral servitude

Dick Polman: Kirstjen Nielsen and the high cost of amoral servitude

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Learn more about tissue donation and help save lives

When people are asked about registering to donate, they often think of organ donation. Many don’t know what…

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Ramesh Ponnuru: Pro-lifers have momentum, but they need to move gradually

For roughly 25 years, the movement against abortion has been predominantly incrementalist.

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Noah Smith: Dumping capitalism won’t save the planet

It has become fashionable on social media and in certain publications to argue that capitalism is killing the…

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By Steve Tharinger: Let’s tax extraordinary wealth instead of work

By Steve Tharinger

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Dave Gauger: Bigotry left untreated metastasizes into violence

By Dave Gauger

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Noah Smith: Wall Street puts the squeeze on the housing market

President George W. Bush pledged to make the U.S. an “ownership society” and tried to promote homeownership via…

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Adam Schiff: At 70, NATO remains a crucial alliance. So why does Trump keep attacking it?

Today the alliance faces worrisome challenges.

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Guest Editorial: Columbia River Treaty complex — but worth it

In PNW history, the catastrophic Columbia River flooding of 1948 looms as large as the 1962 Columbus Day…