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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: CTU rank-and-file finds its nerve and votes down dues hike to fund politics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Teachers Union has suffered another very public blow,
this time at the hands of its own members.

CTU officials looking for extra money for politics had asked union
members to approve a plan that was projected to yield about $8.5 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213839</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: A gas tax holiday is good politics but bad economics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even as the U.S. and Iran wrestle over an agreement to reopen the
Strait of Hormuz, surging gas prices have turned the government’s
attention to a perennially popular fiscal scam: Ease the pressure on
household budgets with a gas tax holiday. In...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213613</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[COUNTERPOINT: Gas tax suspension would provide welcome relief]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not a knee-jerk anti-tax fellow. While no one enjoys paying
taxes, I recognize that federal, state and local levies fund a broad
range of critical needs, from schools, parks, libraries and police to
public health and scientific research.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213530</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Washington state entrepreneurs fleeing to places without a 'millionaire tax']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Supporters of Washington state’s impending 9.9% millionaire
tax celebrated the state Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling blocking
a voter referendum on the measure. However, if
proponents better understood the potential economic ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213526</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[David M. Drucker: Why MAGA Republicans keep winning when Trump is losing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican Party is slipping.
Sort of. Because even though the president’s support among GOP voters
has diminished, his demonstrable strength is still swaying the party’s
primary contests.

The Indiana ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213525</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[POINT: Suspending federal gas tax will only worsen transportation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[With gas prices up to $4.50 a gallon and
inflation approaching 4%, Americans are justifiably anxious over
growing affordability challenges.

Politicians
in both political
parties have suggested
a “gas tax holiday” to ease the burden. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213524</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Protect English learners in nation's schools]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s recent
decision to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of
English Language Acquisition has received little public attention. But
for more than 5 million English learners in America’s public schools,
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213470</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: Mamdani's housing plan builds in the right way: Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg sees the whole picture]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his deputy mayor, Leila Bozorg, get solid
grades for addressing
the biggest issue in New York City: the lack of housing.

The Block
by Block report is a comprehensive approach covering market-priced
units, affordable ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213467</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: The Pentagon is blending the war on drugs with counterterrorism. It isn't working]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On May 16, the United States found
and killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, a top Islamic State commander, in
Nigeria. The precision operation in the northeast of Africa’s most
populous country came about a week after President Donald Trump’s
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213466</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Dark money is winning as political parties face an identity crisis]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[American political party organizations have imploded in the
post-World War II era, largely replaced by dark money from unknown
donors. The party vacuum is ominous for a healthy democracy, because
voters are left without stable cues about how to ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213465</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mark Z. Barabak: Texas is where Democratic dreams die. Did Trump change that with his Senate pick?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The catalog of unrequited hopes and hearts is a long one.

Captain Ahab went mad in his vengeful search for "Moby
Dick." Jay Gatsby's ostentatious
fortune failed to win the love of Daisy Buchanan. Charlie
Brown never kicked the football.

Then ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4213460</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: It's time to get tougher on teen takeovers after chaotic Memorial Day weekend]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[First the good news, such as it is. Chicago suffered the lowest
number of shooting deaths in a Memorial Day weekend in more than 15
years.

The one known fatality was the tragic case of 2-year-old Jamonte
Shaw, who died after accidentally shooting...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212847</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Steve Lopez: Spencer Pratt, please call me. You don't know what you're getting yourself into]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Spencer Pratt, please give me a call.

We should talk.

You say you want to be mayor of Los Angeles, but do you really?

I know that being a candidate has rescued you from anonymity after
your career
in reality TV went off a cliff....<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212761</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Andreas Kluth: Tulsi Gabbard leaves without having spoken truth to power]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the end Tulsi Gabbard wasn’t pushed out of her job as Director
of National Intelligence, as Washington’s cognoscenti were expecting
(they had started punning that DNI stood for “Do Not Invite”).
Instead, Gabbard is leaving for a good ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212681</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ronald Brownstein: Supreme Court reform will test Democrats]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Vice President Kamala Harris turned heads with a video earlier
this month in which she argued Democrats need an “expanded playbook”
to explore structural reforms to the institutions of American
government, including the Supreme Court.

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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212680</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mary Ellen Klas: Democrats are putting their faith in military veterans]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Voters have lost faith in just about every institution right now —
with the exception of the military, according to Gallup’s annual
survey. So Democrats, in their quest to win back a majority in the U.S.
House, are recruiting military veterans...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212679</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: LA confidential: Better leadership is possible]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The outcome of the Los Angeles mayor’s race will determine how many
people opt to escape from the city.

During the tenure of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, the City of Angels
suffered
through hellfire that enveloped the Pacific Palisades. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212388</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Health care affordability starts with hospitals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this spring, the House Ways and Means Committee confronted
hospital CEOs with horror stories Americans know far too well. Chairman
Jason Smith highlighted outrageous bills detached from reality,
remarking that “patients [are] at the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212387</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Mental strength is more than toughness]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but awareness alone cannot save
us. Men of color are already painfully aware that something is wrong. We
feel it in our sleeplessness. In our blood pressure. In the marriages
that strain under emotional ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212380</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Editorial: University of Chicago nukes tuition for the middle class and achieves a degree of affordability]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the University of Chicago announced
this month that students whose families earn less than $250,000 will no
longer pay tuition starting next year, they were taking a big
gamble.

The prestigious university recently was hit with a credit ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/opeds/s-4212378</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>May/27/2026</pubDate>
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