‘Democrats have a corruption downside. They can not hold ignoring it.’
Sarah Chayes at The New York Occasions
Democrats “should present voters a critical plan to curb corruption and company crime — together with inside their very own ranks,” says Sarah Chayes. For a “celebration that wraps itself within the mantle of fact and integrity, pointing throughout the aisle and saying ‘they’re worse’ isn’t ok.” Corruption scandals “undercut one of many Biden administration’s key overseas coverage commitments: to combat kleptocracy.” Democrats “ought to deal with this scourge because the peril it’s.”
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‘It is time for a nationwide monument to labor hero Frances Perkins’
Liz Shuler at Newsweek
Employees “owe each consolation — each security measure, each break, each trip day — to Frances Perkins, the nation’s first-ever girl to function a Cupboard secretary,” says Liz Shuler. Perkins “remodeled work in america” and was the “powerhouse behind lots of Roosevelt’s New Deal packages.” Perkins “stays an unsung hero,” however President Joe Biden “has a possibility to acknowledge Secretary Perkins’ exceptional legacy by designating the Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, Maine, as a nationwide monument.”
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‘Children with persistent ache usually go untreated. That has a profound impact on temper.’
Kara Margolis on the Chicago Tribune
Whereas “most analysis and a focus concentrate on adults, kids and adolescents endure from persistent ache and psychological well being problems in numbers as excessive as adults,” says Dr. Kara Margolis. The “implications of untreated persistent ache are profound.” It’s a “main explanation for loss in classroom time and social connection and of psychological well being problems.” Knowledge “more and more assist a task for bringing temper and ache collectively to the forefront of schooling, prognosis and therapy for kids with ache.”
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‘The case for destroying Iran’s nuclear program now’
Matthew Kroenig at Overseas Coverage
Now “is a perfect alternative to destroy Iran’s nuclear program,” says Matthew Kroenig. Iran’s “breakout time to a bomb is down to at least one to 2 weeks.” Critics of the “navy possibility preserve {that a} diplomatic resolution could be the absolute best end result.” That is “appropriate in concept, however in apply, there isn’t any new nuclear deal on the horizon.” Israel and the U.S. “have a gap to do actual harm to Iran’s nuclear program.”
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