Australia’s experiment is the first of its kind, but the evidence from alcohol, drug, and other bans is promising.
First published in The Atlantic on February 3, 2026.
Opinion

MAGA’s War on Empathy

Whatever you think about immigration policy, how can a person of conscience justify the lack of compassion and empathy for the victims in Minnesota, and for the families torn apart or hiding in fear, ...
E ven before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had declared Alex Pretti a domestic terrorist, Pete Hegseth was online trashing his home state. Hegseth, who grew up north of Minneapolis, took to ...
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Opinion

Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
On the morning of January 24, Rasmussen got word that a man had been shot by ICE agents. She put on her warmest winter clothes and went to the scene, on Nicollet Avenue and West 26th Street, figuring ...
In 1994, ABC News sent me to Billings, Montana, where neo-Nazis were terrorizing the town’s small Jewish community. Headstones in the Jewish cemetery were desecrated, and someone hurled a brick ...
Danone ruft Säuglingsnahrung zurück. In einer Zutat könnte ein Toxin enthalten sein, das zu Übelkeit und Erbrechen führen ...
Berlin (dpa) - Der Hauptstadtflughafen BER hat den Betrieb vorübergehend eingestellt. Aufgrund von Blitzeis seien derzeit ...
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