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A doctor’s advice for limiting holiday omicron risk Dec 22, 2021

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Public health expert Dr. Leana Wen explains why those who are vaccinated, boosted and tested should keep their holiday plans.

Read Dr. Leana Wen’s column.

Subscribe to The Checkup with Dr. Wen.

Buy “Lifelines.”

A ‘ghost gun’ killed his daughter. He’s fighting back. Dec 17, 2021

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Two years ago, Bryan Muehlberger’s daughter, Gracie, was killed in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif. She was 15 years old.

Read Bryan Muehlberger’s op-ed.

Learn more about the GracieStrong Foundation.

'The house that Fred built': The life and legacy of Fred Hiatt Dec 10, 2021

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Post legends come together to discuss the legacy of Washington Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt after his untimely death.

For more, please read selected writings of Hiatt from 1996 to 2021, the news obituary by Matt Schudel, Graham's op-ed and the Editorial Board’s appreciation. The Post has also published touching tributes by David Von Drehle ("Hiatt led with wisdom, wit and a transfixing whisper"); Lane ("Fred Hiatt deserves to be remembered long after he is gone"); Milbank ("What I never got to say to Fred Hiatt"); Thiessen ("Fred Hiatt was a bulwark against the culture of contempt"); and Sergio Peçanha: ("When a giant passes").

The radicalization of the Supreme Court Dec 03, 2021

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Ruth Marcus, The Post's deputy editorial page editor, offers insight into the challenge to Roe v. Wade and explains how a conservative "rule of six" is poised to reshape the nation.

Read Ruth Marcus's Opinions Essay here.

The team behind Glenn Youngkin's victory in Virginia Nov 24, 2021

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The pollster and strategists for Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) discuss how they pulled off an upset victory, what it says about Virginia and how their model might be replicated in 2022.

Read the op-ed.

Larry Summers says inflation will get worse before it gets better Nov 19, 2021

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Former treasury secretary Larry Summers has long sounded the alarm over inflation. As prices climb, Summers warns that failing to address an overheating economy could spell defeat for Biden in 2024.

Read Summers's column on inflation.

Read Summers's column on IRS reform.

A cold-case investigator on rage and rising homicides Nov 12, 2021

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Liz Thomson, former head of Albuquerque's homicide unit, recently returned to the police department as a cold-case investigator. She weighs in on the worsening murder rate, and how rage plays a role.

Read Liz Thomson's op-ed.

Mitt Romney says it's filibuster or bust Nov 05, 2021

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The Republican senator and 2012 presidential nominee voted twice to impeach Donald Trump. He warns that ending the filibuster could be catastrophic for the Senate and give a potential future Trump presidency unrestrained power.

Read Mitt Romney's op-ed here.

A queer author caught in culture war crossfire Oct 29, 2021

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Maia Kobabe's memoir "Gender Queer" is being challenged in school districts across the country, including in Northern Virginia.

Read Maia Kobabe's op-ed.

The burden of being the first Black anything Oct 22, 2021

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Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson wrote about the life and legacy of Colin Powell, who in four decades of service, helped shape U.S. national security.

Read Robinson's column here.

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