Voices Across America

On-the-ground viewpoints and local angles on national issues, from Washington Post Opinions

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Politicians signing NDAs when giving subsidies to companies is a terrible idea

In my home state of Michigan and all across the country, politicians are promising to hide details about tax breaks or outright grants they plan on doling out to businesses until such deals are all but impossible to stop.

Opinion by Michael LaFaive

How the Detroit area became a wellspring of Arab American political success

Unlike Black Detroiters, shut out of many suburbs by restrictive housing codes, Arab Americans were classified by census takers as White, giving them leeway to congregate in otherwise restrictive Dearborn.

Opinion by Micheline Maynard

Why climate resilience strategies won’t save Florida

Without addressing the root cause of global warming, all that spending on resilience will be for naught.

Opinion by John Morales

Florida redistricting gets murky, and of course DeSantis is involved

The governor took the highly unusual step of submitting his own proposed congressional map to the Republican-controlled legislature.

Opinion by Lizette Alvarez

Coronavirus

After two pandemic years, ‘Folly chasing Death’ takes on a new Mardi Gras meaning

Opinion by Audrey McDonald Atkins

This year’s Super Bowl showcases the pandemic double standards that try our patience

Opinion by Bill Whalen

Newark teachers want schools to open Jan. 18 — but only if it can be done safely

Opinion by John M. Abeigon

Florida’s Republican lawmakers deliver another blow for DeSantis against the common good

Opinion by Lizette Alvarez

Politics

Politicians signing NDAs when giving subsidies to companies is a terrible idea

Opinion by Michael LaFaive

Florida redistricting gets murky, and of course DeSantis is involved

Opinion by Lizette Alvarez

Texas officials are spreading blatant falsehoods about medical care for transgender kids

Opinion by Jack Turban

Arizona Republicans keep churning out new election legislation targeting voting access

Opinion by Fernanda Santos

Climate & Environment

Why climate resilience strategies won’t save Florida

Opinion by John Morales

‘Hank the Tank’ may sound like a joke, but he’s being set up for tragedy

Opinion by Julie Brown

If only city dwellers who love gray wolves knew what it’s like to live among apex predators

Opinion by Maddy Butcher

President Biden, please save our Native village’s life-sustaining waters — for our children’s sake

Opinion by John Kvasnikoff

Race & Identity

Why Christina Yuna Lee’s homicide is personal to Asian American women like me

Opinion by Michelle Lee

Black history comes alive in Trump Country

Opinion by Gary Abernathy

A Jewish refugee from Iran on why it’s hard to fight bigotry in the U.S.

Opinion by James Hohmann

Confederate heritage groups are keeping the Lost Cause on life support

Opinion by Erin L. Thompson

More from Voices Across America

Politicians signing NDAs when giving subsidies to companies is a terrible idea

Opinion by Michael LaFaive

Why climate resilience strategies won’t save Florida

Opinion by John Morales

How the Detroit area became a wellspring of Arab American political success

Opinion by Micheline Maynard

Florida redistricting gets murky, and of course DeSantis is involved

Opinion by Lizette Alvarez

Arizona Republicans keep churning out new election legislation targeting voting access

Opinion by Fernanda Santos

I pray with Chicago families traumatized by homicide. And I pray for the city to do something.

Opinion by Donovan Price

Texas officials are spreading blatant falsehoods about medical care for transgender kids

Opinion by Jack Turban

After two pandemic years, ‘Folly chasing Death’ takes on a new Mardi Gras meaning

Opinion by Audrey McDonald Atkins

I’m the mother of a trans son in Texas — and no, I’m not a ‘child abuser’

Opinion by Amber Briggle

‘Hank the Tank’ may sound like a joke, but he’s being set up for tragedy

Opinion by Julie Brown

Why Christina Yuna Lee’s homicide is personal to Asian American women like me

Opinion by Michelle Lee

DeSantis’s latest brilliant Florida pandemic idea? A mask-shunning, vaccine-skeptical, ivermectin-promoting surgeon general.

Opinion by Lizette Alvarez

Robotic dogs patrolling the U.S. border will not stop migrants. But they may lead to more deaths.

Opinion by Geoffrey Boyce and Sam Chambers

Black history comes alive in Trump Country

Opinion by Gary Abernathy

After a rape survivor’s arrest, it’s time to rethink genetic databases

Opinion by Jennifer King

If only city dwellers who love gray wolves knew what it’s like to live among apex predators

Opinion by Maddy Butcher

President Biden, please save our Native village’s life-sustaining waters — for our children’s sake

Opinion by John Kvasnikoff

Imagine if a lemon law penalized schools for rotten educations

Opinion by Mitch Daniels

Escaping the present amid objects from the past: The restorative joy of antique malls

Opinion by Crispin Sartwell

Partisanship is a perk of winning. Civility would be accepting that fact.

Opinion by Gary Abernathy

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