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EDITORIALSReexamine graduation standards

In the age of AI, what will make a diploma stamped with the state seal valuable?

CARTOONSSee Matt Davies' latest cartoon

COMMENTARYData centers are stewing in their own pollution

COMMENTARYDriverless trucks can save lives on America's roads

Editorials

EDITORIALSReexamine graduation standards

In the age of AI, what will make a diploma stamped with the state seal valuable?

EDITORIALSKnicks bring us joy, communality

EDITORIALSAfter Rex Heuermann, more questions

EDITORIALSHempstead Town must address bus fine mess

EDITORIALSIran deal doesn't look like a winner

Guest Essays & Expressway

GUEST ESSAYSKnicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success

Join the cheering crowds, or sit for a Regents exam on the same day?

GUEST ESSAYSClearing up misconceptions about charter schools

GUEST ESSAYSTreat children's mental health now, upstream

GUEST ESSAYSThe Knicks showed us the good guys can still win

GUEST ESSAYSProgress protecting NYers from ICE

GUEST ESSAYSEasier ADU rules are a growing solution

The Point

THE POINTBlakeman and Hochul joust on social media

The Point is Newsday Opinion's daily newsletter inside the local, city and state political scenes.

MATT DAVIES' CARTOONS

CARTOONSMatt Davies' latest cartoon

Davies is Newsday Opinion's cartoonist.

Columnists

Dan JanisonGOP meddles in Dems' CD1 primary

Flyer sent to Democratic voters "attacks" one candidate, but not the other.

Michael DobieCan Congress manage to fix Social Security?

The funding shortfall due date is now 2032, a mere six years away.

Dan Janison'Rogue' George Santos' grift keeps giving

Feds reportedly taking serious new look at him after Costanza-like allegations.

Cartoons

CARTOONSCartoons of the week

Cartoonists from around the world draw on the week's news.

CARTOONSMatt Davies' cartoons

CARTOONSMatt Bodkin's Long Island cartoons

Commentary

COMMENTARYData centers are stewing in their own pollution

Constant pollution from gas-powered data centers is a health threat.

COMMENTARYDriverless trucks can save lives on America's roads

GUEST ESSAYSKnicks parade dilemma offers lesson on success

COMMENTARYDon't rely on the bank of mom and dad

COMMENTARYCholesterol guidelines get a welcome overhaul

More Opinion

COMMENTARYTrump's Iran truce has the hallmarks of defeat

COMMENTARYInsurers endure self-harm to side with Big Oil

GUEST ESSAYSTreat children's mental health now, upstream

LETTERSJuneteenth, Catholics helping migrants, Jor'Dynn Duncan

EDITORIALSIran deal doesn't look like a winner

THE POINTEarly read on early primary voting on Long Island

COMMENTARYTrump's war on science is being waged in the fine print

COMMENTARYRaise Social Security taxes — and cut benefits, too

LETTERSMusings: Grim memorials warn LI drivers

LETTERSMusings: Where did all the traffic laws go?

LETTERSMusings: A simple hunt for pills leads to a major hassle

MICHAEL DOBIECan Congress manage to fix Social Security?

EDITORIALSInvasive species require vigilance, funding

COMMENTARYThe influencer economy has crossed the line

COMMENTARYHow moms can fight emotional burnout

GUEST ESSAYSThe Knicks showed us the good guys can still win

COMMENTARYWhite House's top science goal is ignorance

GUEST ESSAYSProgress protecting NYers from ICE

LETTERSNassau road safety, $20 pizza, serving all Americans, clocks

EDITORIALSNY must address chronic absenteeism

THE POINTIs Trump's pick in CD3 primary really the most MAGA?

COMMENTARYThis isn't the soccer America imagined

COMMENTARYThe Iran war is all about psychology: Trump's and Khamenei's

GUEST ESSAYSEasier ADU rules are a growing solution

EDITORIALSNY ballot change is the wrong move

LETTERSStop profiling Gilgo Beach killer, more

THE POINTMost LI school districts see double-digit enrollment drop

COMMENTARYRich Americans should welcome higher capital-gains taxes

COMMENTARYThe unfortunate gerrymandering wars

DAN JANISON'Rogue' George Santos' grift keeps giving

LETTERSPower grid fixes, gas stove hazards, food labels, more

EDITORIALSStop squabbling, get serious on Penn project

COMMENTARYThe insanity of ticket prices

THE POINTContenders for Nassau's MTA Board rep

EDITORIALSAlbany has more work to do in '26

LETTERSDitching dates on food, Bass Pro Shops on LI, more

GUEST ESSAYSExpand the House to end gerrymandering arms race

THE POINTNIFA chair headed to NUMC

COMMENTARYDoes science need autonomous AI?

COMMENTARYThe influencer economy has crossed the line

LETTERSMusings: Downsizing idea gets me down

LETTERSMusings: First with Cub Scouts, what flag means to me

LETTERSMusings: Our children deserve better

LETTERSMusings: We can learn from a survivor

MICHAEL DOBIEKnicks fever drowns out World Cup fervor

EDITORIALSDon't let Long Island's giant hubs stagnate

COMMENTARYGraham Platner is the Democrats' Ken Paxton

COMMENTARYFast e-scooters are a menace. Don't lump e-bikes with them.

GUEST ESSAYSIn Suffolk, can we prevent another child tragedy?

LETTERSNYU Langone, volunteer deputy's arrest, solar energy, Trump's weight

Letters

LETTERSIran ceasefire deal, benefits of solar energy

LETTERSKratom ban, private nursery schools, environment, sunscreens

LETTERSSocial Security crisis, guilty plea in fatal crash, Knicks win

LETTERSJuneteenth, Catholics helping migrants, Jor'Dynn Duncan

LETTERSMusings: Grim memorials warn LI drivers

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