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The Pandora Papers show the US to be a global center of illicit financial flows. Building the political will to curb this requires action in national capitals and global institutions, and also in all the jurisdictions where wealth is hidden.

Schools and other officials can try persuasion first, but — eventually — they should be ready to do more.

Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin connected with parents, and Terry McAuliffe did not. This, not critical race theory, is what Democrats need to reflect on.

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“The Constitution of the United States protects American citizens’ rights to stand on the side of a road and call a scab a scab,” United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts said in response to a circuit court restraining order.

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Cathy Scorsese has worked in props for "The Departed," "The Sopranos," and other films and TV shows. The daughter of Martin Scorsese is well versed in on-set firearm safety. She talks about the "Rust" incident and what needs to change.

The topsy-turvy nature of the Trumpian version of the American century is something this country — and certainly the Biden administration — still hasn’t fully come to grips with.

Biden’s new commitments to reduce methane emissions are a promising signal. The new laws he has put forward could curb methane emissions in the US. And the Global Methane Pledges could help to limit global warming...

Now more than ever, they need to keep their focus and pass their agenda. But is that what they think? Democrats need to change the topic to what they have accomplished while in power. But of course they have to accomplish it first.