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Editorial: Trash the plastic, New York

A tractor moves garbage at the Colonie landfill. The world is awash in garbage, and much of that garbage is plastic.  The evidence is everywhere....

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Commentary: Dental care for Medicaid patients is in crisis, but the Legislature can help

Commentary: Dental care for Medicaid patients is in crisis, but the Legislature can help

Credit: Getty Images. As CEO at Whitney Young Health, I see how barriers to health access affect the lives of our neighbors. One of the biggest...

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David Shippee

Editorial: A dangerous escalation in Los Angeles

Editorial: A dangerous escalation in Los Angeles

Police officers and National Guard troops face off with protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, California, on June 8,...

10.06.2025 5

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Commentary: More bad-air-quality days are coming, and New York must prepare for them

Commentary: More bad-air-quality days are coming, and New York must prepare for them

 Smoke from wildfires in Canada shrouds the sun as it sets above East Houston Street on July 19, 2023, in Manhattan. In June 2023, the skies above...

10.06.2025 3

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Max Micallef And Carmi Orenstein

Letters: Readers push for Medical Aid in Dying Act in session's waning days

Letters: Readers push for Medical Aid in Dying Act in session's waning days

Letters to the editor can be submitted by sending an email to tuletters@timesunion.com or completing this form. See our guidelines on letters. It...

10.06.2025 1

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Commentary: Ticketing reform legislation will help keep live shows accessible 

Commentary: Ticketing reform legislation will help keep live shows accessible 

Credit: Getty Images. For too long, New York's live event ticketing landscape has been dominated by predatory practices that exploit fans and...

09.06.2025 1

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Randy Nichols

Editorial: Disinvesting in the future

Editorial: Disinvesting in the future

The Glenmont Job Corps Center will close down after the U.S. Department of Labor ordered a "phased pause" in funding of nearly 100 facilities...

09.06.2025 2

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Commentary: Though aimed at big business, antitrust bill would hurt Main Street

Commentary: Though aimed at big business, antitrust bill would hurt Main Street

Small businesses in Cold Spring, Putnam County. In a business climate already gripped by uncertainty comes legislation that promises to dismantle...

09.06.2025 3

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Cameron Miller

Editorial: End this atrocity now

Editorial: End this atrocity now

Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity distribution point in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on June 5, 2025. It has been said that Hamas and its...

08.06.2025 10

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The spectacle of the century!

Donald Trump's birthday parade is almost here. And we're all invited! A piece by John Ficarra and Sam Viviano of MAD magazine fame. Donald Trump's...

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John Ficarra

Churchill: Actually Mr. Hegseth, Harvey Milk was a warrior

Harvey Milk's Castro Street camera store was a hub of political activity for San Francisco’s growing gay population in the mid-1970s In one of my...

08.06.2025 10

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Chris Churchill

LeBrun: The world is choking on plastic

LeBrun: The world is choking on plastic

Credit: Getty Images. “Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?” That’s what Walter Brooke tells...

08.06.2025 10

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Fred Lebrun

Commentary: Fair construction wages are a lifeline for New York’s economy

Credit: Getty Images. Any time there is a proposal to improve basic labor standards for New York’s tradesmen and tradeswomen, the same tired...

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Gary Labarbera And Mario Cilento

Editorial: Connect NY already

Credit: Getty Images.   For years, state and federal governments have made enormous taxpayer-funded investments in broadband. So after all this...

07.06.2025 2

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All In: Add 'Becoming Caitlin Clark' to your summer reading list

All In: Add 'Becoming Caitlin Clark' to your summer reading list

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) plays against the Dallas Wings in the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Sunday, Sept....

07.06.2025 5

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Joyce Bassett

Commentary: Collusion with ICE raids echoes a grim moment in New York's history

Demonstrators, including a few counter-protestors, march April 5, 2025, in Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, to demand the release of undocumented...

07.06.2025 2

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Ellen Gruber Garvey