Helen Ubiñas I was boarding a plane from Los Angeles back home to Philadelphia when the news hit that former President Donald Trump had been injured during a rally in Butler, Penn. The details were sketchy, but the responses online and on the plane were already wild — and entirely predictable. This is precisely the kind of thing that’s juicy fodder for the social-media … [Read more...] about There’s only one right response to the Trump shooting
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How Congress can quickly make Ozempic, Wegovy affordable
Robert Pearl A whopping one in eight U.S. adults have taken GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic for weight loss and related conditions. Their popularity and efficacy have sparked a prescription-writing frenzy in recent years, leaving both medications on the Food and Drug Administration’s drug shortage list since May 2023. But even when the supply rebounds, access to these … [Read more...] about How Congress can quickly make Ozempic, Wegovy affordable
After the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, can Donald Trump still be tried for Jan. 6?
Harry Litman The Supreme Court ended a tumultuous term with one final sledgehammer blow on Monday. Its decision on Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from criminal charges forecloses any possibility that he will be tried for Jan. 6 before the election, substantially guts the prosecution and reshapes the Constitution to place the president singularly beyond the reach of … [Read more...] about After the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling, can Donald Trump still be tried for Jan. 6?
Cigarette labels were bad. Social-media labels would be worse.
Stephen Mihm Last week, Vivek Murthy, surgeon general of the United States, warned that the use of social media among adolescents has contributed to a surge in anxiety and depression. In a widely read op-ed, he argued that Congress should take action, forcing the social-media giants to attach warning labels on their products in much the same ways that it did with cigarette … [Read more...] about Cigarette labels were bad. Social-media labels would be worse.
More women are traveling for abortion. Fund it.
Lisa Jarvis When Miami recently experienced catastrophic rainfall that grounded flights for days, staff at the Women’s Emergency Network, an abortion fund that serves Florida, scrambled to help clients get in and out of the state. One woman, who had flown to Virginia for an abortion, was panicked because she didn’t have child-care coverage for an extra day, says WEF’s … [Read more...] about More women are traveling for abortion. Fund it.