The “environmental violence exacted by PFAS” can be difficult to prove, Kathleen Blackburn writes. “To reduce the risk they pose, we need far more comprehensive mandates that test, monitor and limit the entire class of PFAS chemicals.”

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“Forcing unhoused people to the next town does not create housing that is affordable or available,” Laura Riley writes about camping bans in cities.

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Congress’s vote to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act “preserves critical intelligence powers while protecting Americans’ privacy rights in our complex digital age,” Matthew Waxman and Adam Klein write.

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“It’s great news that governments are taking steps so that residents of Ireland, Thailand and Canada will finally get the truth about alcohol, and it’s long past time for the U.S. to follow suit.” #NYTLetters

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Do not make survival even more difficult for people on the streets.

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While President Biden’s 'maneuvering in the Middle East has helped avoid an immediate disaster, it is his own policies that have set the Middle East on its current dangerous trajectory,” writes Trita Parsi.

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Government surveillance keeps us safe.

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We regulate a tiny fraction of the 12,000 “forever chemicals.” There’s a better way.

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The line between good and evil cuts through evangelical America.

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Passover teaches us not to turn inward in pain, but to embrace others. Read: nyti.ms/3W7QYVu

“If the American experiment finally decides to call it quits, how might a national breakup begin?” Carlos Lozada asks. Read: nyti.ms/4a1PqQh

In theory, exceptions to abortion bans “are supposed to give medical providers the leeway to end pregnancies when necessary. In practice, they aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on,” b-boy bouiebaisse writes. Read: nyti.ms/3UqUtF8

“He is leading other Republicans astray,” Mike Pence writes of Donald Trump in a guest essay. “When our leaders aren’t firmly committed to life, others will waver too. Courage inspires imitation. So does weakness.”

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“‘Civil War’ is not ripped from the headlines as much as it is stitched from history; it is not a vision of what might happen in America but a collage of what already has happened, some here and much elsewhere,” Carlos Lozada writes. Read: nyti.ms/3JulYHw

At Passover, Rabbi Shai Held writes, remember that the Bible advises you to “let your memory teach you empathy and your suffering teach you love.” Read: nyti.ms/4dajpbt

“We must look at this election and understand that it’s now or never — that we can create the opportunity for the United States to smash past its emission reduction goals and spur the rest of the world to follow,” the novelist Stephen Markley writes.

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The most important thing I teach my students isn’t on the syllabus.

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To track the Middle East's key players, @usmep head Daniel Levy writes, “we sketched out a social network of friends, enemies and frenemies involved in the region. Examining the web makes it clear how snarled and precarious the current situation is.”

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Melania's trials, by Maureen Dowd.

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“Until those in power in this country pivot from suppressing theater to investing in it, it’s not just the arts but also democracy itself that remains vulnerable,” James Shapiro writes.

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