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Opinion: Start memorializing Covid-19's victims now
The United States is approaching a tragic milestone: 750,000 American deaths caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. As the toll has mounted, it has seemed harder for Americans to take stock of what these deaths mean.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Trump allies' election 'command center' was a war room for attempted coup
By the end of December last year, there wasn't a good faith basis to demand the 2020 election be overturned. Then-President Donald Trump's lawsuits challenging the results had failed, recounts in various states had confirmed Joe Biden's win and the Electoral College had voted to affirm Biden as the President-elect.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The key question in the investigation
On Thursday, Alec Baldwin fired what he was told was a safe "prop gun" on the set of the film "Rust." Instead, the gun was apparently loaded with live ammunition, leading to the stunning death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injury to the movie's director, Joel Souza. Though an intense police investigation continues, it seems highly unlikely that Baldwin will be charged with a crime. So, after such a terrible tragedy, now what?
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The many lives of Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon has had his hand in a lot of things. He served in the US Navy for seven years before he went on to join the investment bank Goldman Sachs, the right-wing media outlet Breitbart, the 2016 Trump campaign and the White House -- until former President Donald Trump fired him in 2017.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Why Americans are so obsessed with 'Squid Game'
My first introduction to "Squid Game" -- the fictional Korean drama that is now No.1 on Netflix worldwide -- was through a brief clip on TikTok. The game "Red Light, Green Light" was being played, and I watched as one player was shot dead for moving after a "red light" was announced. The other players in the room then began to scream and run -- only to be slaughtered in a frenzy of bullets.
[ cnn.com ]Jan. 6 defendant spoke at far-right rally attended by Proud Boys, despite court order against associating with group
• New documents paint a damning picture of Facebook's role in insurrection • Opinion: Liz Cheney is asking exactly the right question about Jan. 6
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Biden's problem is bigger than two unruly senators
Democratic Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are dominating Capitol Hill. Given the 50-50 split in the Senate, Democrats can't afford to lose a single vote on the budget reconciliation bill -- and Sinema and Manchin are using that leverage to force huge concessions from the Biden administration.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Why 'Succession' is starting to fall flat
The third season of "Succession," HBO's hit drama about the family dynasty behind a fictional conservative cable news channel, has arrived just as its real-world counterparts are back in the news. Fox News just marked its 25th anniversary, continuing to exercise enormous influence on the Republican Party and the conservative movement. And on Wednesday, Donald Trump announced the creation of the Trump Media and Technology Group, which includes a proposed social media network, news outlet and streaming service.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Biden is losing ground because he's not answering the tough questions
While I watched President Joe Biden's CNN town hall Thursday night, I kept asking myself: What is the point of this? Who is the audience?
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Biden was relaxed and funny. But that won't be enough.
President Joe Biden is facing the most difficult period of his still-young presidency, but you wouldn't have known it watching the relaxed, optimistic, joke-cracking politician who took questions at the CNN town hall on Thursday night.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Don't let gene patents make a comeback
In January 2020, when the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first identified, researchers quickly sequenced its genome and uploaded it to the GenBank public database. They then raced to develop vaccines and treatments to combat Covid-19. One thing that enabled them to do so in record time was the absence of patents covering the virus and the hundreds of thousands of genetic variants that have emerged since. Without a doubt, this patent-free zone contributed to the speed at which the scientific community was able to respond to this global threat.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Two people could save US democracy
Today we face a full-blown national crisis for our democracy -- with the voting rights of millions of Americans about to be sacrificed solely for partisan gain.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Powell showed that even the bravest are vulnerable
In 2003, when Colin Powell announced he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer, I remember being struck by the news. As a cancer patient myself -- I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996 -- I knew how difficult it was to speak out about a diagnosis. Making that information public made you vulnerable. And that only increased for someone who was also the secretary of state.
[ cnn.com ]Why this House retirement could be a canary in the coal mine for Democrats
• Opinion: What's at risk in the murky Capitol attack investigation • Analysis: Bill Maher's dark vision for 2024 is all-too-real
[ cnn.com ]William Shatner is about to be the oldest person ever blasted into space. Here's everything you need to know
• Analysis: Shatner goes -- boldly or otherwise -- in directions skeptics couldn't have foreseen • Opinion: Captain Kirk's karmic mission
[ cnn.com ]Supreme Court revisits death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
Eight years after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing case, which led to the deaths of three spectators and a police officer, the Supreme Court on Wednesday will review a lower court opinion that wiped away the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the two brothers involved in the massacre.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Ivanka Trump almost landed one of the world's biggest jobs
She has his last name, for goodness sake. She sat in his chair at his first G-20 meeting in Hamburg, Germany. No doubt the picture pleased him, his daughter smack between British Prime Minister Theresa May and China's President Xi Jinping. In fact, she has warmed lots of important chairs without incident. With this resume, why wouldn't former President Donald Trump think Ivanka would make a terrific president of the World Bank?
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: How to protect pregnant people from Covid
Data released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show there have been more than 128,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases among people who are pregnant, including more than 22,000 hospitalizations and 180 deaths since the pandemic began. Among these, there were 22 deaths in August alone.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: Democrats are playing a dangerous game: 'Deal or End American Democracy'
If the ongoing negotiations over President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda were a game show, it would not be called "Deal or No Deal." Rather, it would be "Deal or End American Democracy." The stakes are much more than an historic opportunity to cut child poverty, expand Medicare, lower the cost of childcare, prescription drugs and higher education, and more.
[ cnn.com ]Opinion: The big hurdle to jump-starting solar, wind energy and electric cars
To tackle climate change, humanity will need to dig deep. Literally.
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