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Contributor: Alligator Alcatraz, the concentration camp in Florida, is a national disgrace
The first detainees have started arriving at Alligator Alcatraz, Florida’s immigrant detention center in the Everglades. The facilitywent…
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Contributor: The human brain doesn't learn, think or recall like an AI. Embrace the difference
Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems,…
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Contributor: AI isn't just standing by. It's doing things — without guardrails
Just two and a half years after OpenAI stunned the world with ChatGPT, AI is no longer only answering questions — it is taking actions. We…
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Contributor: Tehran has only bad options. Trump and Netanyahu have golden opportunities
Following the U.S. attack on Iran’s primary nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, Tehran faces nothing but bad options.…
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Contributor: The GOP wants to turn asylum into a pay-to-play system
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” now before the Senate takes the current preoccupation with making every governmental relationship…
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Contributor: Once, international students feared Beijing's wrath. Now Trump is the threat
American universities have long feared that the Chinese government will restrict its country’s students from attending institutions that…
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Contributor: Slashing NIH research guarantees a less healthy, less wealthy America
In recent months, funding for biomedical research from the National Institutes of Health has been canceled, delayed and plunged into…
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Contributor: Why is the GOP resisting Chinese investment in the U.S.?
The United States and China are locked in a standoff with no resolution in sight. The U.S. wants to reshore manufacturing, and China wants…
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Contributor: The U.S. failed refugees during the Holocaust. Trump's Libya plan would too
In May 1939, a ship called the St. Louis departed from Hamburg, Germany, with 937 passengers, most of them Jews fleeing the Holocaust.…
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Contributor: The Mideast has changed since Trump's first term. How will he reshape it?
As President Trump parades through the Middle East this week, he will encounter a very different region than the one he experienced during…
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Contributor: My family's archive shows why Palestinians are owed reparations
My father, Jawdat Bseiso, was 23 when everything changed. As the favorite son of Mahrous Mustafa Bseiso — one of the largest landowners in…
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Contributor: Why older Americans are Trump's biggest nightmare
That there’s a spasm of dislike for Trump’s chaotic presidency is not news — new polls show Americans unhappier with this president at 100…
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Contributor: Mexico's president has notched some big wins, but she has a lot of work ahead
On a recent Friday morning, President Claudia Sheinbaum stood inside Mexico’s presidential palace during her daily morning news conference…
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Contributor: Out of food and under constant attack, we Gazans are dying every day
No words can better capture the reality in Gaza today than this: We are dying. Every day, in every imaginable way, we die. Death comes by…
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Contributor: To dumbly go where no space budget has gone before
Reports that the White House may propose nearly a 50% cut to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate are both mind-boggling and, if true,…
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Contributor: The drumbeat against Hegseth? It's not really about him
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself under fire again — this time from political skeptics or foes across the political…
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Contributor: Is your favorite influencer's opinion bought and sold?
Your addictive doomscrolling on X, TikTok or Instagram may also be the latest nexus for millions of dollars in secret political…
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Contributor: Easy entry into the U.S. from foreign shores? Don't count on it now
For some, it’s as routine as paying at the checkout counter. For others, it’s as nerve-racking as a root canal. Which experience you have…
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Contributor: Trump's latest trade war with China is sorely needed
On Wednesday, President Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs — with the…
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Contributor: Right-wing commentators scrambled to spin Trump's disastrous tariffs
In the wake of reciprocal tariffs landing with all the finesse of a cannonball dive into a hot tub, President Trump has decided to pause…
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Contributor: The Trump administration is ignoring far-right terrorism. That only makes it more dangerous
Intelligence chiefs testified recently on Capitol Hill about the U.S. intelligence community’s newly published annual threat assessment.…
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Contributor: The Statue of Liberty was a welcome sign. Now the U.S. vibe is 'stay out'
A little over a year ago, while trying to secure votes to pass a $1.2-trillion spending package, House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly…
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Contributor: Trump’s tariff strategy is worse than a gamble. It’s a surefire loser
At this writing, President Trump plans to impose sweeping new tariffs on imports from around the world. We’re told that “Liberation Day”…
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Contributor: It's no metaphor — undersea cables hold together our precarious modern life
In the early days of the pandemic, I began pondering the idea of healing. I stumbled upon a story about a cable repair vessel, the Leon…