Elder care: Dignity and support

Across the country, nursing homes are failing some of our most vulnerable citizens — not because caregivers don’t care, but because the system is chronically understaffed, underpaid and poorly managed. Low wages and minimal benefits make it difficult t…

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Why public transport fails to protect women

From Tokyo to Toronto, Delhi to Paris, millions of women plan their journeys: choosing where to sit, when to travel, and how to stay alert. More than 70 percent of women worldwide have encountered sexual harassment in public spaces, including on trans…

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Health care: ‘Single-payer model’

Re: “The problem with that ‘Great Healthcare Plan’ ” (Jan. 28, Opinion): Columnist Lisa Jarvis rightly highlights the core flaw in replacing Affordable Care Act subsidies with Health Savings Accounts: HSAs work tolerably well for the healthy and afflue…

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