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Commentary: What we can learn from one of California’s most successful abortion providers

For more than two decades, I researched the life of Inez Burns, one of America’s most successful abortion providers. Burns lived in California and terminated more than 50,000 pregnancies when abortion was illegal across the U.S. While the Supreme Court weighs whether to overturn Roe v. Wade, Burns’ cautionary story…

Los Angeles Times · Jan 26, 2022

Lynn Schmidt: Americans aren't in a party mood (politically speaking)

American voters have been trying to tell political parties and elected officials what they want, and perhaps more importantly, what they don’t want. The question remains, will they ever listen? Will things ever change?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 26, 2022

How history shields Trump and his allies

A cruel irony: Our misguided faith that America is special is shielding Trump and the fascists from punishment

Salon · Jan 26, 2022

Sundance: 'Descendant' chronicles a Black history uncovered

Rarely have past and present mingled in a documentary the way they do in “Descendant,” a nonfiction account of the last known ship to bring African captives to the American South for enslavement

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2022

Outlander's Sam Heughan claims he ate 'smuggled' haggis during trip to the United States

Haggis has been banned for more than twenty years in America.

Daily Record · Jan 25, 2022

Why Are Vaccinated Americans Still Worrying About COVID?

Maybe it's because pandemic policies are forcing them to continue being anxious.

Reason · Jan 25, 2022

What to stream: The best of Julian Fellowes and cast of 'The Gilded Age'

Debuting this week on HBO, “The Gilded Age” is a new series from celebrated writer Julian Fellowes. Known for creating the smash hit series “Downton Abbey,” Fellowes has a signature perspective, looking at class, culture, money and power through an “upstairs downstairs” lens. In “The Gilded Age,” he hops across…

Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022

Ukraine crisis is reminding Nato why it was formed in the first place

As Russian troops mobilise near Ukraine’s border and appear poised to invade, so the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has assumed its traditional role as a bastion of European defence. That mission – the one for which Nato was founded way back in 1949 – is a short cut to…

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2022

The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery

The 13th Amendment is having a moment of reckoning. Considered one of the crowning achievements of American democracy, the Civil War-era constitutional amendment set “free” an estimated 4 million enslaved people and seemed to demonstrate American claims to equality and freedom. But the amendment did not apply to those convicted…

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2022

Opioid overdose: A bioethicist explains why restricting supply may not be the right solution

Year after year, America’s drug overdose crisis is worsening.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2022