Opinion

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Editorial: NYC mustn't prolong Garner case

Delay should have been abandoned long before Officer Daniel Pantaleo's NYPD proceeding this year.

• Letters Letters: The president vs. 'the Squad'

  Reader letters to Newsday about President Trump's comments toward four Democratic congresswomen.

• Editorial Editorial: Reuse of water can preserve supply

  Nassau's sewer operator deserves praise for a program expected to save up to 300 million gallons of groundwater per year.

• Lane Filler Filler: Zeldin's struggle between loyalty and friendship

  Zeldin conceded that Trump should have stuck to policy disagreements.

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• Opinion The Point: Zeldin is friends with Pressley, but sticks by Trump

  The Point is Newsday's daily opinion newsletter.

• Commentary Opinion: What has Omar done that Trump hasn't?

  It's really Omar who's the focus of Trump's rhetoric.

• Commentary Opinion: What do Republicans stand for in 2019?

  What does the GOP stand for in the Age of Trump?

• Letters Letter: Stirred up about deportation, detention

  Reader letters to Newsday about deportation of migrant families.

• Cathy Young Young: Deny Trumpism an intellectual base

  To shed xenophobic image, conservative movement must repudiate the president.

• Editorial Editorial: The president should not divide

  His tweets about four women in Congress are bigoted and dangerous.

• Commentary Opinion: Poverty is about to get a lot worse 

  It has never been easy to be poor in the United States, but things are about to get a lot worse.