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Sun, July 12, 2020 | 09:38

This new coronavirus wave isn't like old wave

When New York City's COVID-19 epidemic peaked in late March and early April, the city was reporting more than 5,000 new confirmed cases a day, and more than 60 percent of tests for the disease were coming back positive. In Arizona, which has a similar if somewhat smaller population (7.3 million versus 8.3 million), new cases are currently averaging about 3,000 a day and about...

2020-07-09 17:06

Why is Barr going after Google?

For months, President Donald Trump's Justice Department has hinted that it intends to crack down on Silicon Valley. It recently took a big step closer as senior antitrust officials met with their state counterparts to plot out a case against Alphabet Inc.'s Google.

2020-07-09 16:56

Wrong call on public aid for religious schools

The Supreme Court last week needlessly poked a hole in Thomas Jefferson's “wall of separation between church and state.” By a 5-4 vote, the court ruled in a case from Montana that if a state provides a tax break that benefits students at a secular private school, it must include private religious schools as well. The decision is doubly disappointing.

2020-07-07 17:29

California adopts America's first zero-emission truck rule

California, again, is leading the nation's fight against climate change. The California Air Resources Board adopted a rule Thursday requiring that by 2045, all trucks sold in the state be zero-emission models.

2020-07-06 17:06

Congress must extend unemployment insurance benefits

As painful as the COVID-19 recession has been for many Americans, the abrupt downturn could have been far worse. And perhaps the smartest action taken by the federal government so far has been those expanded unemployment payments made possible by the Coronavirus Aid, Response and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

2020-07-05 15:34

Abortion rights get court win

In the time since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that sought to regulate abortion clinics out of business, it's become increasingly obvious that there was only one clear winner. That would be the legal concept of stare decisis or the rule of precedent.

2020-07-03 16:40

Ascendant progressives face three big obstacles

The emergence of a bipartisan consensus following weeks of protests about racial injustice _ that police departments need either complete overhauls or major reforms _ is a big moment years in the making for the progressive movement.

2020-07-02 16:43

Japan crushed virus by masking: Trump mocks masks

Japan crushed virus by masking: Trump mocks masks

As coronavirus cases soar nationwide in many U.S. states, there is one thing every American could do that would make a difference. Wear a mask.

2020-07-01 17:06

COVID-19 is surging; economy is shaky

The Miami City Commission made a bold move last Thursday, passing an emergency order demanding that masks be worn by everyone in a public place, not just when entering a business. Ignore the order, and face a civil fine.

2020-06-30 17:00

George Floyd murals bring deeper meaning to issues of injustice

In Minneapolis, hues of blue and yellow form the face of a George Floyd mural, with a resolution to his last words scrawled against the purple of his sweatshirt: “I can breathe now.” Radiating from the halo cast by a sunflower standing prominently behind him are the names of those who passed before him, all too soon: Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice _ and the list goe...

2020-06-29 17:41

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