Opinion
Young people should be reading newspapers
Sitting in my eighth-grade classroom, I stealthily check my email, hoping for news updates from The New York…
Opinion
What good is a minimum wage if it’s stolen?
The U.S. economy’s rapid recovery from the pandemic is granting workers a rare benefit: As employers rush to…
Opinion
Legal weed is inevitable, but we’ll survive
Consider this premise: For good or ill, the full legalization of marijuana in the United States for recreational…
Opinion
Generation Z should fear a guaranteed income
It’s a simple, utopian idea. If we give everyone a monthly check, we can eliminate poverty and do…
Opinion
Central Grays Harbor Regional Fire Authority plan emerges
A plan that would merge the Aberdeen and Hoquiam fire departments into a regional agency has surfaced after…
Opinion
Inflation running wild — poor, low-income Americans hurt the most
How can we help working families the most? Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour is a…
Opinion
Our founders believed civic education and historical knowledge would prevent tyranny – and foster democracy
The majority of Americans today are anxious; they believe their democracy is under threat.
Opinion
Biden can promote both workers and competition
President Joe Biden’s executive order promoting U.S. economic competition includes some welcome and long-needed changes to U.S. labor…
Opinion
FAA shows new muscle in working with Boeing
Ahead of a 2016 meeting to discuss training requirements for the 737 MAX, a Boeing employee infamously described…
Opinion
Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer’s drug actually works
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s…
Opinion
Vaccine rollout a success story unlike any in the world
On May 4, President Joe Biden set the goal for 70 percent of adults to receive a COVID-19…
Opinion
Herrera Beutler takes on maternal mortality
Maternal health care in the United States is frankly a disgrace, and Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler deserves credit…
Opinion
East Aberdeen rail project would benefit region
Railroad crossings don’t get a lot of attention from people unless, of course, they are stuck waiting in…