September 2021

In a society that has become increasingly polarized, the use of social media may not create partisan divisiveness in the first instance, but it does exacerbate it.

If remaining healthy is to remain a right for us all, particularly with COVID-19 easily spreading, public health and safety can never become the stepchild of personal liberty.

The question is whether Biden can make peace with organized labor and eliminate the tariffs before the November 2022 Congressional elections, or whether domestic politics keeps them in place at least until 2023, and perhaps longer.

The conundrum facing a GOP candidate like Parnell in this purple state is: how to best exploit the nod from Trump in the Republican primary, both politically and financially, while not simultaneously closing the door on his chances in November.

We have seen first-hand how misinformation can impact the fight against a public health emergency. For us, it was our work against AIDS denialism in the early 2000s.

To honor our troops, the Afghans who helped us, and the generations that must endure future conflicts, we must break the cycle of disastrous foreign interventions.

The traumas of the pandemic are evident everywhere– from suddenly losing a loved one to the overwork and burnout of our frontline workers.

There is the perception that these ecosystems are evenly divided between the right-wing and left-wing media, but this is an incorrect assessment of an expansive system with mainstream news organizations, partisan media outlets, and a good deal of garbage spread all around.

No doubt, a tragic number of my generation has succumbed to the virus, but it has also shown that we are far healthier than past generations at our age.

Perhaps, the pandemic has been the greatest economic disruptor of all and has led to many much-needed reforms to the way we work.