Columns & Letters

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The problems facing our higher education institutions go beyond the headlines about Harvard

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Better mental health care and protecting our civil rights are more important than adding new requirements for gun permits

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A trade war is uniquely bad for Washington state

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As the world watches the United States step back from its alliances, 80 years of peace by diplomacy hangs in the balance

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Many of the innovations coming out of the Washington Legislature this year were first enacted in Spokane

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Five years later, looking back on that first COVID spring and marking how far we have grown

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To erase diverse points of view, some American writers are having their creative works rewritten well after having been published

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In the United States’ early years, a trade war launched by Thomas Jefferson ended in disaster

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Spokane’s challenges are more profound than we thought; it’s time to treat the situation like the emergency that it is

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In the debate over what comes first, affordable housing or getting people off the streets, there's a clear answer