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Newsday Editorial Board rates the Democratic debate

Our Editorial Board is rating the candidates in real time on ideas, argument and appeal.

• Opinion Give us your take on night 1 of the debate

  Tell us your thoughts about night one of the Democratic Primary debate.

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• News Editorial: GOP should want tough labor lawyer

  Republican legislators are again siding with the police union over taxpayers

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• Opinion The Point: Suffolk Dems, GOP break ties

  The Point is Newsday's daily opinion newsletter.

• Newsday recommends Opinion: See Matt Davies' latest cartoon

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• Commentary Opinion: Abortion finally being seen as a medical ethics issue

  Thanks to several state legislatures, 2019 has provided as stark a contrast on the issue of abortion as ever.

• Commentary Opinion: Mueller's testimony could expose Trump's crimes

  there is a way that House Dems can use Mueller's testimony to expose a somewhat overlooked aspect of Trump's misconduct.

• Commentary Opinion: Elizabeth Warren channels the real New Deal

  Just since the start of this year, Warren has released no fewer than 19 detailed economic policy proposals.

• Letters Letter: Disturbed by pair who came illegally

  Reader letters to Newsday for Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

• Lane Filler Filler: Presidential votes betray our division

  Tight races since Reagan show how hard it is for the U.S. to rally around one leader.

• Editorial Editorial: Don't make 9/11 victims beg for more

  Both the House of Representatives and the Senate should permanently authorize the compensation fund.

• Editorial Editorial: Expedite plan to reduce jet noise

  The FAA must take steps to quiet the skies, particularly above communities nowhere close to the airport.