When faced with controversial topics or questions, our first instinct is almost always to go in search of others’ opinions.
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By Ilana Greenberg
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8/18/22
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It started with a moment of silence. Then screams. And then it was a furious rage.
That was the scene outside the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola on Friday in the hours following the U.S. …
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By Karina Kovac
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6/30/22
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It’s likely the eve of the destruction of Roe v. Wade — an act likely to be met with cheers or outrage, depending on which side of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion case people land on. And what comes next could very well be up to your state legislator.
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5/26/22
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Thirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life.
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5/12/22
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We live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey . . .
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3/10/22
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As I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writer-philosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
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10/29/20
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In just the first five months of this year, 15 states have passed legislation restricting access to abortions in what can only be described as the most egregious attack on women’s rights in 50 years.
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By Kathleen Rice and JoAnn Smith
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6/21/19
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I marched on Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States. My mother, my daughter and I, along with a few hundred thousand other people . . .
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12/14/18
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The great majority of women survive breast cancer. That’s what I’m thinking as Breast Cancer Awareness Month commences. I am reminding myself and other survivors that, despite the dreaded diagnosis and difficult treatment . . .
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10/13/17
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Americans by the hundreds of thousands traveled to the National Mall to joyfully witness the inauguration of President Trump. Millions more . . .
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2/3/17
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