Opinion
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Opinion: The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing: People.
The biggest factor the polls aren’t showing is people. People volunteering. People talking with people. People rising. And, importantly, people who care deeply about real issues that lower costs for families and boost the economy – and importantly, people who also want less vitriol, racism, misogyny, and hate.
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Opinion: Reproductive Freedom: The Critical Importance of Down-Ballot Races
Days away from the election, polls indicate that the race for the presidency is virtually tied in every battleground state. We at the Kent Street Coalition believe that given the choice of voting for freedom and democracy over tyranny, the majority of voters across the nation will make the right choice and elect Kamala Harris…
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Op-ed: U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan: Put freedom first this November
Like many Granite Staters, my parents instilled the importance of freedom in me at a young age. My dad, a World War II veteran who survived the Battle of the Bulge, would sometimes lean across the breakfast table and ask me and my siblings, “What are you doing for freedom today?” Dad’s generation knew how…
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Opinion: When Kelly Ayotte voted against protecting our children, she lost my vote
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic depictions of gun violence, which may be disturbing for some readers. In 2012, a man walked into an elementary school and massacred 20 first-graders and six teachers in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Investigators found the bodies of 15 children and two teachers huddled in the corner of a classroom.…
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John Lynch: Joyce Craig is the leader we need now for New Hampshire
Joyce Craig’s record of taking on tough fights and making a real difference for her community, her grit and toughness, are why I’m proud to support her for governor. When I first ran for governor, like Joyce, I wasn’t a creature of the Concord political scene. I was a business leader who saw our government…
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Opinion: When Roe Was Overturned, Most Mourned. Kelly Ayotte and Winning For Women Celebrated
Many of us can remember exactly where we were when we heard the leaked news that the U.S. Supreme Court was planning to overturn Roe v. Wade. For me, I was getting ready for the biggest event of the year for our organization, the We Are EMILY National Gala, where we bring together rising stars with well…
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Opinion: Comstock is Trump and the GOP’s backdoor to a national abortion ban
In an op-ed, Kate Kelly highlights how the 1873 Comstock Act, passed at the behest of Anthony Comstock — a man so obsessed with abortion providers, he drove one to suicide with his relentless harassment — could be revived by Republicans to enact a nationwide abortion ban.
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Exclusive: NH Democratic Latino Caucus Rejects Racist Remarks
To the People of New Hampshire, The New Hampshire Democratic Latino Caucus wants to express our deep concern and disappointment over the recent remarks in New York, in which Donald Trump’s surrogates and supporters referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.” These comments are not only inaccurate but also deeply offensive to…
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Opinion: How Trump exploited a willing media to convince Americans that nothing matters
More than nine years after he launched his first campaign for president, much of the media continues to struggle with how to cover Donald Trump. In a new op-ed, Jordan Zakarin describes the failures to hold Trump to account.
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Opinion: You Can’t be Born in Rochester Anymore
If you’re looking at the potential acquisition of Catholic Medical Center by Hospital Corporation of America and wondering what that future will look like, let me tell you a story. I was born at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NH. Just like my siblings and my father before me. Frisbie always operated as a community…
