Opinion
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OPINION: 3 policy decisions from 2025 that will shape the future of New Hampshire
As 2025 ended, many Granite Staters felt the same things. Groceries cost more. Housing costs and property taxes are up. Health care is harder to afford and access. Too many of our neighbors feel it is a challenge to survive, let alone thrive. It’s easy to blame inflation or say, “That’s just how things are…
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Opinion: This New Year, Congress Must Fix Our Country’s Health Care Crisis
I’m a Kinship Navigator and Community Resource Specialist at The River Center Family and Community Resource Center. We’re a small nonprofit serving families and individuals across ten rural New Hampshire towns — about 3% of the state. In my role, I spend thousands of hours each year supporting the communities I love. Every hour I…
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OPINION: All Granite Staters Deserve Real Access to Preventive Health Care
As Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, we are reminded that awareness alone is not enough – especially for Black women, who experience higher rates of this disease. Despite pink-ribbon promises from state leaders, these words ring hollow this October as many of the same legislators voted to advance massive funding cuts to…
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Op-ed: Celebrating Pride and Commemorating Progress
Pride month is an opportunity to celebrate the strides we’ve made toward achieving LGBTQ+ equality for all. It also serves as a poignant reminder that the fight for LGBTQ+ equality is ongoing, ever-present, and demands a heightened sense of urgency from all of us.
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Op-ed: Protecting Municipal Sovereignty: Safeguarding Local Control in New Hampshire
The persistent threat to municipal sovereignty is illustrated by the extreme proposals put forth by Republicans in the House Committee on Municipal and County Government. Disturbingly, even moderate Republicans have been forced to display a false sense of unity, emerging from a culture of fear that suppresses independent thought within their ranks. In such an…
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Op-ed: Climate Change Is A National Security Threat
Former Fox News contributor and current U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently issued a memo calling for the elimination of nearly all Biden Administration “orders, directives, rules, regulations, notices, guidance documents, funding agreements, programs and policy statements” related to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Under the previous administration, the department considered how the impacts…
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Op-ed: Behind the Hijab: A Page From The Journal Of A Female Muslim Physician
It’s 9a.m. on a Monday in the clinic where I practice. I knock on the door of the exam room where a ‘new’ patient is roomed, waiting to see me. Yes, it’s just another day in the life of a Muslim female physician. I prepare myself for whatever is next. Warm smiles, doubt, or just…
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Op-ed: New Hampshire’s Political Engagement Paradox
The size of New Hampshire’s state legislature is quite unique among its peers, not just around the US, but around the globe. With 400 State Representatives and 24 Senators, we have more legislators than many developed countries, despite being one of the smallest states in the US. With approximately 3,500 people per representative and the…
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Op-ed: Gov. Ayotte Must Act To Protect Abortion Access
Overwhelmingly, Granite Staters trust women to make their own personal health care decisions. At the dawn of a New Year, Granite Staters are now asking: can we count on Kelly Ayotte to protect our rights? As a candidate, Ayotte said we could. She was on our televisions, phones, and in our mailboxes pledging to block…
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Op-ed: With Lyme Disease on the Rise, NH Needs to Protect Their Forests and Biodiversity
Lyme disease is a dangerous yet alarmingly common phenomenon infecting nearly half a million Americans each year. These infections are particularly prevalent in New England and New Hampshire specifically. The Granite State has experienced the third-highest increase in Lyme disease cases nationally, behind Maine and Vermont. A major factor contributing to this increase in cases…
