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Facts won’t fix America’s divisions
Mon,09/05/22-9:14PM , 450 Reads 35,299 Statewide
One widely held belief is that America is so divided today because people from different camps are looking at different sets of facts — some they get from legitimate but biased news sources, such as Fox News and CNN, some they get from websites that traffic in lies and misinformation, some they get from their social media friends who share the l
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Opinion: Gorbachev earned his Nobel Peace Prize
Sun,09/04/22-11:36PM , 3,204 Reads 66,869 Statewide
There are different ways to remember Mikhail Gorbachev, whose nearly seven years as leader of the Soviet Union ended on Christmas Day 1991 as the communist country formally dissolved itself into 15 separate nations.
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Forgiving student loans may backfire
Wed,08/24/22-10:14PM , 364 Reads 45,514 Statewide
Even if its legal — and that’s a big if — for Joe Biden to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt, it’s a terrible idea.
The best thing you can say about the Democratic president’s plan, announced Wednesday, is that it’s not as extravagant as some of the more profligate members of his party wanted.
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Opinion: A prediction for more hot weather in 2053
Thu,08/18/22-6:34PM , 1,168 Reads 19,608 Statewide
Residents of Deep South states like Mississippi and Louisiana know all about the hot weather of summer. But if an analysis by a nonprofit foundation and The Washington Post is accurate, much larger areas of the country soon will be dealing with a similar experience.
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Chance of Rain: 80%
Max Temp: 83°F
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Humidity: 69%
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Sunset: 6:03 PM

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