Opinion
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Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
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Op-Ed: Donald Trump is betting his anti-trans culture war wins on Election Day
Trump is the first candidate in history to launch general election attack ads on transgender and drag issues, according to The Bulwark.
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Opinion: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.
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Opinion: Our Economy and Our Planet are on the Line
As votes are cast across North Carolina, the future of American energy is on the ballot in the 2024 Presidential election, and the consequences matter to our pocketbooks, to our business, and to our planet. The days where climate change was some abstract concept divorced from our daily lives are over. We feel it…
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Opinion: The next thing to do after voting
After voting, I think the second most important thing we can do this year is tell other people in our lives why they also must vote. Earlier this month, my husband’s uncle Alan, who lives in Brevard, sent everyone in the family an email titled “November 5th.”
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Opinion: PFAS contamination is endangering our local farmers. A bill in Congress would empower them to address the crisis
PFAS gets into our water when solvents and firefighting foam are used on military bases, or when companies like Chemours manufacture certain products. We now know this pollution has also made its way into our soils, foods, and even in our air.
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Opinion: Next year, your closest abortion clinic could be abroad
Last year, more than 171,000 Americans were forced to leave their homes and travel across state lines for an abortion. That’s nearly a fifth of all Americans who needed abortion care in 2023 — and more than twice as many people who had to do the same in 2019. It’s yet another jarring statistic…
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Opinion: The crucial role of abortion funds in helping people access reproductive care
Abortion funds are a crucial piece of support that abortion seekers have in the South, and the need will overwhelm us so long as we continue to be driven by instances of rage and moments of fury.
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Op-Ed: Beyond belief in Ashe County
There will be dollars coming from Raleigh and from Washington to help places like Ashe County and for that we are grateful. But local people, those of us who have raised generations here, need to make sure that those dollars are used to provide for everyone in our community.
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OPINION: Politics needs decent, everyday people to lead, not internet celebrities and hucksters
Recent events in North Carolina, including a deadly hurricane, prove how serious leadership can be. We need hard-working candidates for public office who are in it for the right reasons, not con artists.
