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For some time now, the nation has seemed unable to have a civil discussion about a growing list of public policy issues. There seems to be no common ground on racism, gun control, immigration policy, international relations, the economy or climate change. News outlets, by providing facts and context, could be a part of the solution, but many Americans no longer trust the media and blame it for ratcheting up tensions in an era of what some call Fake News.

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The myth of the self-sufficient immigrant that’s fueling the White House’s draconian policy
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The Trump administration’s immigration policies betray a profound misunderstanding of what drives the tired and poor to our shores and borders, the Editors write.
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The Editors: Fixing social media dangers will take more than fines
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Legislators and regulators need tools that cut deeper than large fines and limited oversight.
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The Editors: The integrity of the election process is at serious risk.
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Restoring public trust in the way we elect our political leaders is an immediate task.
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The Editors: Long-term care upholds the dignity of all Americans, caregivers included
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Providing for long-term care helps not only older Americans but also the millions of family members who today act as unpaid caregivers, often at a high emotional and financial cost, as well as professional in-home aides.
From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., respond to remarks by President Donald Trump after his call for the four Democratic congresswomen to go back to their "broken" countries, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. All are American citizens and three of the four were born in the U.S.
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Republicans have a constitutional duty to condemn Trump’s racist attacks
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The Editors: These comments need to be called out as racist, xenophobic and sexist.
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The Editors: Judicial oversight cannot prevent gerrymandering. It’s up to us.
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Even if the Supreme Court were willing, judicial oversight would not be a panacea for gerrymandering.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
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Trump should lift sanctions on Iran, for both moral and diplomatic reasons.
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The Editors: The United States risks engaging in an unending financial war with Iran that could slip into a military one at the slightest provocation.
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The true test that will show if the bishops have learned the lessons of the sex abuse crisis
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The U.S. bishops put forward their first official response to the growing chorus of justifiably angry and frustrated Catholics who want to see concrete measures and public accountability for bishops responsible for clerical abuse and its cover-up.
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Will affordable housing be a major topic in the 2020 campaign? It should.
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Seniors, especially those who live alone, face the same resistance as recent college graduates in an economic and political environment that still promotes the costly option of a single-family home with a front lawn and two-car garage.