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OPINION: "What can be done to reverse the perversity of the mental injury statute?" writes Laura Clymer, board member of the Arizona Association of Lawyers for Injured Workers.
Letters to the Editor for June 24
OPINION: "We should give consideration to gun restrictions in American history when discussing going forward with legitimate gun violence legislation. And for many, the Old West is a beginning reference point. People should do more reading research about this. They would find the Old West ha…
Letters to the editor for June 23
🎧 How to think about acceptance and treatment when discussing gender-affirming care for kids.
Commentary: Young people need a circle of support to help them deepen their understanding of their place in the world.
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OPINION: "An Arizona without legal abortion is quite simply an Arizona in which it is not safe to have a uterus or carry a pregnancy. YWCA’s mission is eliminating racism and empowering women. In order to do either, we have to continue working to expand abortion access, not ban it," writes Lara Ruggles, director of development and marketing at YWCA Southern Arizona.
Letters to the editor for June 22
OPINION: "If I were still the parent of a minor child, would I take the child to a drag show? Probably not, but I do know this: If, given the choice between exposing my child to an active shooter drill or to a drag show, I would, without hesitation, choose the latter," writes Tucsonan Mike Tully.
Letters to the Editor for June 21
Letters to the Editor for June 20
OPINION: "Sam and I disagree on many issues, but if we weren’t talking, it would be very easy to let those disagreements morph into disgust, and have us turn each other into caricatures of 'our side.' I don’t want that to happen, even if people on the extremes encourage that very thing," writes regular Star contributor Renée Schafer Horton.
OPINION: "The senators should remember that the Second Amendment doesn't apply to Mexico. If they don't, they will continue to be complicit in fueling violence that our nation's founders never intended to protect," writes Curt Prendergast, the Star's opinion editor.
It’s up to every fan to do his or her own calculation of risk vs. reward in attending a Bills game. It could have been different.
"Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo cannot survive in office," writes The News' Editorial Board.
"Canada’s abundance-of-caution approach needs to be modified to recognize the abundance of vaccines. It’s your move, Mr. Trudeau," writes The News' Editorial Board.
Gov. Phil Murphy repeatedly has claimed that his decisions about when to allow what parts of New Jersey’s economy to resume are predominantly data driven. Yet he provides neither the data nor medical experts to talk about specific studies and statistics that supposedly form the basis for his many emergency orders the past five months.
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🎧 With alcohol-related deaths more than double that of guns, why isn't social media filled with debates about how to solve this problem?
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