AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarJill Biden: What Ukrainian mothers taught me about this warverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Jill BidenCNN — You cannot go into a war zone and come away unchanged. You don’t have to see the sorrow with your eyes because you can feel it with your heart. The thing about grief is that it veils one’s face. It’s like a haze has descended. The tears of the mothers stay permanently on the edges of their …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: SEL doesn’t have to be a classroom culture warverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Natalia Mehlman PetrzelaCNN — “There are very powerful forces at work here,” conservative commentator Glenn Beck intoned on a recent episode of his podcast, imploring his listeners to gird for battle against a what he called a “master grooming and brainwashing technique” threatening American children. The enemy Beck and …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: The bad news about the economyverified_publisherCNN - By Jeffrey D. SachsCNN — The inflation report for April brought no good news. The year-over-year inflation rate was 8.3%. The monthly “core” inflation, stripping away volatile food and energy prices, was 0.6%, which comes to 7.4% at a compounded annual rate. Inflation, in short, continues running at near 40-year …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: No more union-busting. It’s time for companies to give their workers what they deserveverified_publisherCNNThis year, workers at Amazon, Starbucks and other major corporations are winning a wave of union elections, often in the face of long odds and employer resistance. These wins are showing it’s possible for determined groups of workers to break through powerful employers’ use of union-busting …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarToo many women in the US are already living in a pre-Roe reality. Here's what needs to happenverified_publisherCNNThe possible overturn of Roe v. Wade should surprise no one. Marginalized women have been sounding the alarm for decades Opinion by Pamela Shifman, for CNN Updated 6:34 AM ET, Thu May 12, 2022 Pamela Shifman is President of the Democracy Alliance, and the founder of Shake the Table, a new organization …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: Families suffered from America’s nuclear testing. They still need helpverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Ben Ray LujánCNN — As the sun rose over Tularosa, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, Henry Herrera helped his father fill their truck’s radiator. Suddenly, a blinding flash overtook the dawn light. A roaring boom followed, striking fear into Henry and his family. Elsewhere in Tularosa, some were knocked back from …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: The breathtaking cluelessness of Elon Muskverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Holly ThomasCNN — Every weekday morning between January 20, 2017, and January 8, 2021, I checked President Donald Trump’s Twitter account. It was as critical a step in my routine as brushing my teeth – albeit one that left me feeling far less fresh. As a journalist primarily covering US news, monitoring Trump’s …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarSE Cupp: New tapes of Lindsey Graham show what he really thought about Jan. 6verified_publisherCNNIn this week's episode of "Unfiltered," SE Cupp breaks down the long and tumultuous relationship between Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and former President Donald Trump in the wake of new audio of the senator.
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: A bill protecting the right to an abortion just failed in the Senate. Here’s what needs to happen nowverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Congresswoman Marie NewmanCNN — In a deeply disappointing move, the Senate on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have protected the right of women in the United States to have an abortion. The Women’s Health Protection Act would have enshrined the right to an abortion in federal law, as well as the right of health care …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: Thank goodness I had the choice to be a dadverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Matt VillanoCNN — I became a father at age 34, the culmination of a lifelong dream to become a dad. But I could have become a father at age 19 – and that would have been one of the worst mistakes of my life. That early experience started the way these things usually do. We were privileged and careless. We …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: Sorry, Mitch McConnell. Women are not buying what you’re selling on abortionverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Jill FilipovicCNN — With the Supreme Court looking like it’s ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, the anti-abortion movement is emboldened. And it’s coming for more than just one legal victory. Republican leaders have much more than Roe in their sights, but they are desperately trying to downplay that fact. Last week, …
AvatarCNNAvatarAvatarOpinion: What centuries-old poets got right about Ukraineverified_publisherCNN - Opinion by Sasha DovzhykCNN — To really understand Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion – from local teenagers weaving army nets, to grannies taking up weapons – you must look to the pages of the nation’s poetry books. Largely unknown outside of the country, Ukrainian literature is filled with calls to fight against …