Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Increase in teens vaping highlights need for more research

Adult smokers who can’t quit are better off with e-cigarettes. But that might not be true for kids.

by The Editorial Board April 11, 2018April 10, 2018

No concrete evidence has yet linked right whales’ deaths to the state’s lobster industry.

by St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 11, 2018April 10, 2018

The National Institutes of Health damages its credibility.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

The Second Amendment cements a right to bear arms, but it leaves plenty of room to argue over what that means in practical terms.

by The Seattle Times April 9, 2018April 8, 2018

California’s new rule is well-intended, but it may steer java lovers away from a beverage that studies show can lower cancer risk.

by The Editorial Board April 9, 2018April 8, 2018

New fatality data should spur policymakers to make safe pedestrian road access a budget priority.

by Alan Toth Special to the Telegram April 8, 2018April 6, 2018

Marc Thiessen’s apologia bestows forgiveness on a leader who has neither confessed nor tried to improve.

by the Editorial Board April 8, 2018April 7, 2018

But in order to fight institutional racism, Americans must first own up to the fact that it exists.

by Chicago Tribune April 7, 2018April 6, 2018

If the U.S. and China continue to escalate, American consumers, companies and farmers all stand to lose.

by The Editorial Board April 6, 2018April 5, 2018

His resistance to making naloxone more widely available has kept lawmakers from addressing the larger issues in the opioid crisis.