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"It’s about different ways that choices impact our lives and impact our futures... how we connect to each other" - Winnie Holzman and @janegreenway talk about Holzman's play "Choice," the legacy of "My So-Called-Life" and the upcoming "Wicked" film... https://t.co/jX4HK6wnbz

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"In resigning from the presidency 50 years ago this week, Nixon did more than make history — he created a template for presidential scandal that has stuck in the American mind," writes @pastpunditry https://t.co/S1szLCla7O

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"To close this gap and get ahead of increasing cyber threats, the United States must take the lead in identifying and designating nations that harbor cybercriminal organizations," write Frank Cilluffo and Joshua Whitman https://t.co/dxaI0fJHQW

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"I have seen the impact of serious diseases and the promise of new vaccines as they are being developed. Sadly, I also have seen how these tools are not universally embraced," writes @GatesMRI vaccine scientist Mohamed Bassyouni.

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People in Gaza "desperately need skilled physicians like me," writes orthodepic surgeon Ali H. Elaydi, who writes however that he was denied permission to travel to the war torn region to volunteer. "The reason, I'm told, is that I'm Palestinian."

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"Because disasters reveal our vulnerabilities, they reflect the choices we make as a society. When we destroy and degrade much of the natural world, we make communities more vulnerable to disasters," writes Anita van Breda of @World_Wildlife https://t.co/q598yualtT

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Child workers in factories? Read the opinion essay by @amprog's Veronica Goodman on how Project 2025 would turn back the clock on longstanding US labor laws protecting kids.

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"With a record number of recent disasters, including severe storms, flooding and wildfires, and an active hurricane season forecast that has already seen Beryl hit Texas, it’s a bad time to be disaster-poor" - but too many Americans are, writes @dankandc https://t.co/vDBzxaVuhN

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"Instead of guarding, protecting, defending and saving, as a coast guard should do, the China Coast Guard is attacking, intimidating, violating and threatening its neighbors in the region," writes retired US Coast Guard Rear Adm. Richard Timme https://t.co/JApYG4Z9Eh

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As the Olympics get underway, think about this message from former gold medal swimmer @CullenJones, who nearly died of drowning as a kid.

His @CNNOpinion essay is a plea to make pools and swimming instruction accessible to more kids in this country. https://t.co/ei4EurKVUy

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Black Europeans will feature prominently at the Olympics, as sports fans in Europe seem increasingly inclined to embrace their growing diversity. A smart opinion piece by @keithlmagee.
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"Across the country, some of the hardest hit among the millions of people impacted by job losses or reduced hours following minimum wage increases are fast-food workers," writes Rachel Greszler of @Heritage.
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"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was not the endpoint of that struggle, but a single point on a continuum of those endeavoring to expand Americans’ freedom in opposition to those who would constrain it," writes @SmithsonianSec.

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"As we have seen time and time again, failure to include pets in disaster evacuations not only affects the pets that are left behind, but it is also an issue of public health and safety," writes veterinarian Robin Chadwin https://t.co/JhIy1YY4Yh

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"Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. If you do not allow anything to fail and you think everything is either too big or even too small to fail, then you’ve taken risk out of the system," says Ruchir Sharma https://t.co/cZtPdPZvH7

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“Middle school is complicated enough without all the extra pressures generated by having a social media influencer sitting next to you,” writes @footnoted https://t.co/JTg25QkU8G

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"The explosive combination of pain, fear, anger, hopelessness and loss on the scale that Gaza and its people have suffered — coupled with growing lawlessness — will all but guarantee a deterioration into civil anarchy," writes @IamArwaDamon. https://t.co/stKv3ENkKl

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"The history of the 1960s should remind us today that after Saturday’s shocking attempt on the life of Donald Trump, Biden has an uphill battle to calm the nation," writes @julianzelizer https://t.co/4S1ViRrJrS

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"Megadisasters decimate the supplies needed to respond to a disaster and destroy systems needed to manage catastrophes. A disaster becomes 'mega' through the hubris of societal development that amplifies our vulnerability" and more, writes @jeffschlegel https://t.co/IzyifVWLUm

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"She single-handedly made it acceptable for millions to talk openly about subjects that many had previously confined to pillow talk," writes @agilbertwriter. https://t.co/zvuG0PPenu