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Editorial: Make sure promotion is above board

Burdened by patterns of nepotism and racial bias, and a culture of corruption, the SCPD has not earned the benefit of the doubt.

• Commentary Chiusano: Supporting the underdog in Queens

  Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders both endorsed outsider candidate and 31-year-old public defender Tiffany Cabán.

• Opinion The Point: Power plays in New York

  The Point is Newsday's daily opinion newsletter.

• Commentary Opinion: De Blasio is wrong about NYC's elite public schools

  The question of New York’s growing inability to produce students prepared to compete doesn’t grab headlines

• Opinion Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

  See Matt Davies' latest Newsday cartoon by clicking above.

• Commentary Opinion: Likability: don't underestimate it

  Likability has become an important trait as we see the president hurling abusive insults at nearly everyone.

• Commentary Opinion: Yes, Elizabeth Warren can win

  If I had to gamble, I’d bet that Warren will be among the top two contenders in the Democratic race.

• Michael Dobie Dobie: Getting Hempstead School District back on track

  The era of state legislators steering clear of the troubled Hempstead school district is over.

• Editorial Editorial: Foreign policy is multilevel chess

  Blunt force has its place. But planning, foresight and trust can be virtues, too.

• Editorial Editorial: Lost fare revenue is the ride target

  Officials should develop better data on who evades fares and make sure reduced-fare MetroCards get to those who need them.

• Letters Letters: Unhappy with new driver's license law

  Readers' letters to Newsday on new driver's license law, disrespecting Donald Trump and more.

• Lane Filler Filler: Trying to change the world one ad at a time

  England attempts to address stereotypes by banning them from advertisements.