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Borrok: The vaccine rollout is not good enough

January 18, 2021

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the American public, as well as the world at large, has been desperate for a glimmer of good news. On top of the political divisions and growing unemployment, the case...

Shirola: Schumer’s attack on Supreme Court is dangerous to democracy

March 6, 2020

Pro-choice advocates were rallying outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday as the justices were hearing oral arguments over a 2014 Louisiana abortion law that requires doctors performing abortions to hold...

Kessel: Anti-Semitism is a problem, not a political tool

January 14, 2020

After the December 10 shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City, New Jersey, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) tweeted a picture of one of the victims with the caption, “This is heartbreaking. White...

Shirola: U.S. government should ease legal barriers to research and treatment with psychedelics

October 22, 2019

This is the fourth column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. When many of us think of psychedelics, we think of...

Shirola: The U.S. government must ensure open access to ketamine infusions

October 3, 2019

This is the third column in “Failed Policy,” a series examining the history of drugs and drug policy in the United States since its founding. Ketamine, which is a drug most commonly used to induce...

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