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Commentary: Get PFAS and other toxins out of menstrual products

Credit: Getty Images. In recent years, there has been increasing awareness and concern surrounding PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,...

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Christina Thompson

Editorial: A year after Brooks' murder, reforms deferred

Editorial: A year after Brooks' murder, reforms deferred

A correction officer stomps on the crotch of Robert L. Brooks as other officers hold him down on an infirmary bed at Marcy Correctional Facility on...

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Commentary: 340B drug pricing program needs a federal fix, not a free pass for hospitals

Commentary: 340B drug pricing program needs a federal fix, not a free pass for hospitals

Credit: Getty Images. Millions of New Yorkers are one surprise hospital bill away from falling into medical debt. Over 100 million Americans have...

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Sally Greenberg

Commentary: Eliminate state sales tax for commercial electricity storage

Commentary: Eliminate state sales tax for commercial electricity storage

Credit: Getty Images. Most of us don’t spend too much time thinking about what New York’s electricity grid needs to keep the lights on and our...

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William Acker

Editorial: Donald Trump's rank bigotry hits home

Editorial: Donald Trump's rank bigotry hits home

The Masjid As-Salam mosque in Albany, where two men from Afghanistan were arrested on Wednesday. The demonization of groups of people on the basis...

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: We need to talk about the Roblox problem

Commentary: We need to talk about the Roblox problem

Credit: Getty Images. Kentucky’s attorney general calls Roblox a "playground for predators." A Florida family alleges their child was coerced into...

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Andrew Gounardes And Jim Steyer

Commentary: Doctors' civic engagement will help fix our broken health systems

Commentary: Doctors' civic engagement will help fix our broken health systems

Credit: Getty Images. My patient lies in a hospital bed, medically stable but unable to leave. Not because his severe UTI hasn't resolved; it has....

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Stella Safo

Editorial: State must improve access to mental health care

Editorial: State must improve access to mental health care

News that the Center for Disability Services plans to discontinue psychiatric care is just the latest evidence of shrinking access to desperately...

06.12.2025 2

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: Managed care for Medicaid's behavioral health services has been a disaster

Commentary: Managed care for Medicaid's behavioral health services has been a disaster

Credit: Getty Images. It’s been 10 years since the Cuomo administration imposed a managed-care model on Medicaid’s behavioral health services,...

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Lauri Cole

Editorial: Second boat strike was a 'clearly illegal' order

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives for a briefing in the U.S. Capitol last month.  In January 1944, a German U-boat sent two torpedoes into...

05.12.2025 10

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Times Union Editorial Board

Commentary: New York schools and campuses need clean-energy investment

Commentary: New York schools and campuses need clean-energy investment

A solar array on the roof of the Academic Podium at the University at Albany, seen in 2022. New York’s students walk into school buildings every...

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Melinda Person