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My Turn: It’s pretty clear, we should be slowing down

by Paul Doscher For the MonitorAugust 21, 2021

FILE - In this Monday, July 26, 2021, file photo, cows graze as smoke rises from the Dixie Fire burning in Lassen National Forest, near Jonesville, Calif. A historic drought and recent heat waves tied to climate change have made wildfires harder to fight in the American West. On Friday, Aug. 13, 2021, U.S. weather officials said Earth in July was the hottest month ever recorded. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

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My Turn: The mess we’re in

by Sol Solomon For the MonitorAugust 21, 2021

Teacher Joan Fontaine works with second graders, from left, Carter Friesen, 8, Will Kolenda, 8, and Aadeline Loubier, 8, on a money math worksheet during the SAU #6 Summer Elementary Program at Maple Avenue Elementary School in Claremont, N.H., on Friday, July 30, 2021. The Claremont School Board plans to discuss COVID-19 precautions for the upcoming school year at its meeting on Wednesday. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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My Turn: A healthy future for public education

by Michael Moffett For the MonitorAugust 20, 2021

A U.S. military helicopter is pictured flying above the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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My Turn: Another ‘Saigon moment’

by Bill Bunker For the MonitorAugust 19, 2021

A mural on a fence is displayed at United Fort Worth, a grassroots community organization in Fort Worth, Texas.

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My Turn: The bigger (local) picture

by Diane St. Germain For the MonitorAugust 19, 2021

Rachel Lynch of Northampton is a licensed mental health counselor who does telehealth out of the home office she shares with her one-year-old cat, Blue. Since the start of the pandemic Lynch has moved, changed jobs, adopted Blue and also adopted a dog. Photographed on Friday, March 5, 2021.

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My Turn: The pandemic brought about greater awareness of mental health in the Granite State

by Rik Cornell For the MonitorAugust 18, 2021

A Hyundai Kona electric sport utility vehicle is seen in a cradle on the assembly line at a Hyundai plant in April.

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My Turn: The benefits of cleaner transportation

by David Watters For the MonitorAugust 17, 2021

Mark A. Ulsaker, 51, of Lino Lakes, pleaded guilty in Ramsey County District Court to two felony counts of threats of violence in connection with the attack on Nov. 8, when he allegedly swung a golf club at the elderly man and woman and punched the man in the head. (Dreamstime/TNS)

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Jonathan P. Baird: The continuing persecution of attorney Steven Donziger

by Jonathan P. Baird For the MonitorAugust 16, 2021

Burned trees rise above a truck destroyed by the Dixie Fire in the town of Greenville, Calif.

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Katy Burns: Code red for humanity

by Katy Burns For the MonitorAugust 15, 2021

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My Turn: Sending the wrong message to police officers

by Chuck Douglas For the MonitorAugust 15, 2021