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JOAN VENNOCHI

The ugly fight at the Cannabis Control Commission

It has less to do with racism and more to do with a commission that’s high on power-tripping and low on the brand of leadership needed to address today’s cannabis industry challenges.
JEFF JACOBY

In post-Dobbs America, abortion is up

The undoing of Roe v. Wade did not undo the broad availability of abortion in America. And in states where abortion has been banned, more women are choosing to give birth.
RENÉE GRAHAM

No, Julianna Margulies did not actually apologize

Apologizing only for offending someone does not equal acknowledging that words or actions were offensive.
SCOT LEHIGH

Scot Lehigh tried reasoning like a Trump supporter. Here’s what he came up with.

Lehigh gets into the MAGA mindset.

op-eds

Andrea Joy Campbell and John Formella

Instagram and kids: Why dozens of attorneys general are suing Meta

Meta’s longstanding slogan was 'move fast and break things.' Now responsible public officials are left to clean up the mess and hold accountable those who made it.
Stephen Moore

The merger of JetBlue and Spirit is a net benefit to consumers

The airline industry has thrived in the era of deregulation that began in the late 1970s.
Matt Stoller

Travelers lose in Jet Blue-Spirit merger

The entire industry is focused on eliminating Spirit because that will remove pressure on all of them to lower prices.
Durwood Zaelke

UN climate talks are in need of a fix

A process that lets a problem grow into an emergency on its watch is not doing its job.

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Stephen Moore

The merger of JetBlue and Spirit is a net benefit to consumers

The airline industry has thrived in the era of deregulation that began in the late 1970s.

Matt Stoller

Travelers lose in Jet Blue-Spirit merger

The entire industry is focused on eliminating Spirit because that will remove pressure on all of them to lower prices.

JEFF JACOBY

Brookline’s phased cigarette ban is unwise, irrational, and deeply patronizing

The ordinance bans sales of tobacco or vapes to anyone born after 1999 — forever.

MARCELA GARCÍA

¿Qué hay detrás de la batalla en el Congreso sobre inmigración y Ucrania?

Sería un error de los demócratas ceder a las condiciones radicales que los republicanos exigen como precio para aprobar el apoyo económico adicional para Ucrania.

MARCELA GARCÍA

What’s behind the congressional fight over Ukraine and immigration

When Biden tied the new Ukraine aid to border security funds in his spending package, he also opened the door for Republicans to demand unreasonable measures about immigration.

Durwood Zaelke

UN climate talks are in need of a fix

A process that lets a problem grow into an emergency on its watch is not doing its job.

RENÉE GRAHAM

What I found — and lost — while building a typewriter

Piece by piece, I gained patience and confidence I never knew I had.

RENÉE GRAHAM

It’s been another deadly year for the trans community

Hate-fueled brutality continues to devastate families and tragically end trans, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming lives.