Opinion

The cybersecurity attack is another Trump mess Biden will have to clean up

By Samantha Vinograd

President Donald Trump is leaving Joe Biden with a mess. With just weeks to go before the President-elect enters office, Trump administration officials revealed several federal agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, along with parts of the Pentagon, have been compromised in what could be one of the largest cyberattacks in US history.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: A stethoscope is pictured in a General Practitioners surgery on December 4, 2014 in London, England. Ahead of next years general election, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has said he will put an extra £2bn into frontline health services across the UK, ahead of a plan drawn up by NHS bosses calling for an extra £8bn a year by 2020. In England, everyone would be able to see a GP seven days a week by 2020. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Dr. Breen needed support. We can't let such a tragedy happen again

Opinion by Jennifer Breen Feist, Corey Feist, Bill Cassidy and Tim Kaine

The coronavirus pandemic has hit nearly every facet of people's lives but especially Americans' mental health, including among frontline health care workers.

Mark Anthony Aguirre, former captain with the Houston Police Department, who was part of a private citizens group trying to investigate 2020 election fraud claims, has been charged with running a man off the road and pointing a gun to his head, the Harris County District attorney announced on Tuesday.

What arrest of ex-cop in Houston shows about danger of conspiracy theories

Opinion by Frida Ghitis

On October 19, two weeks before Election Day, a retired police captain in Texas allegedly ran his SUV into the back of an air conditioning repairman's vehicle, when the man stepped out, he pointed a gun at him, forced him to the ground and put his knee on the repairman's back, according to Houston police.

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 14: Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, December 14, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. The rollout of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, the first to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration, ushers in the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history. (Photo by Mark Lennihan - Pool/Getty Images)

When Black people are wary of vaccine, it's important to listen and understand why

Opinion by Tina Sacks

Many Black Americans have expressed reluctance to take the Covid-19 vaccine, a wariness some attribute to the enduring legacy of the egregious Tuskegee Syphilis Study, which exposed the country's enduring structural racism, writes Tina Sacks. We must ensure that marginalized groups like Black, indigenous and people of color, immigrants, people with disabilities and people in prison can receive this vaccine. We must also ensure people are allowed to ask questions to make informed and uncoerced decisions about their health care, she writes.

Emissions rise from the Royal Dutch Shell Plc Norco Refinery in Norco, Louisiana, U.S., on Friday, June 12, 2020. Oil eclipsed $40 a barrel in New York on Friday, extending a slow but relentless rise thats been fueled by a pick-up in demand and could signal a reawakening for U.S. shale production. Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The well-intentioned Paris climate promises don't go nearly far enough

Opinion by John D. Sutter

The UN Secretary General walked on stage in New York earlier this month, pulled off a face mask over his head and mussed his hair before delivering a harrowing message.

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A 'Proud Boy' adds fuel to a 'Black Lives Matter' flag on fire as leader Enrique Tarrio and other members gather in the streets following the 'Million MAGA March' on December 12, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Demonstrators Participate In 'Million MAGA March' In DC Following Supreme Court Decision To Reject Texas Lawsuit Challenging Biden's Victory, Washington, USA - 12 Dec 2020

These attacks are modern-day cross burnings

Opinion by Kristen Clarke

Protesters attending a pro-Trump rally, including members of the far-right group the Proud Boys, prowled the streets of the nation's capital this past weekend. Some protesters, seeking to spread terror and hate, ripped "Black Lives Matters" signs off the fronts of two local churches and burned at least one in the street.

Voters wait to cast their ballots at the Cranberry-Highlands Golf Club on November 3, 2020 in Butler County, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. After a record-breaking early voting turnout, Americans head to the polls on the last day to cast their vote for incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

America's peaceful election is worth celebrating

Opinion by Shannon Hiller and Nealin Parker

We are used to election season being a campaign period, a day of voting, a fairly immediate concession and a subsequent inauguration -- with the majority of citizens having little awareness of the rest of the process.

Christopher Krebs, senior official performing the duties of the under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate in the Department of Homeland Security, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing concerning the roles and responsibilities for defending the nation against cyber attacks, on Capitol Hill, October 19, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Christopher Krebs: We prepared for more Russian interference. But this year the assault on democracy was from within the US

Opinion by Christopher Krebs

On Wednesday, I will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Though I am no longer a public servant, it remains an honor to serve the public, and I am proud to heed the call of our Senate leaders to tell the public about the methodology of the agency I led, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), to secure the 2020 presidential election.