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Leah Libresco Sargeant

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Perspective
Perspective: How teen boys can bridge a gap in elder care
In caring for the weak, young males have an outlet for their physical strength.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
Tiny chips are held at Texas Instruments’ newly renovated microchip fabrication plant in Lehi.
Perspective
Why child care in the CHIPS Act isn’t the boon for parents that it seems
The goal is laudable, but solving the child care crunch through employer mandates is a bad idea
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Perspective
What pictures of abortions can and can’t do
Photos of tissue do not accurately reflect what a fetus looked like before the abortion. Nor do they answer the moral questions of the abortion debate.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Resolve to be bad at something this year
Being an amateur doesn’t mean you’re not good enough to be paid. It means you’re doing something you love.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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The race to the bottom in sports betting
States profit from gambling while worsening the lives of their citizens. There’s no way for anyone to win.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
This 2016 photo released by the Nevada Department of Corrections shows the viewing room looking toward the execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev.
Perspective
If the death penalty is a moral issue, we ought to debate it as such
It’s better to persuade our neighbors than to engage in regulatory chess that contributes to botched executions.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
A woman, who is part of a group of immigrants that had just arrived, holds a child as they are fed outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard.
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Perspective: What the conversations about Martha’s Vineyard left out
Charities run by faith groups provide the invisible infrastructure for migrants, but we need meaningful reform.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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It costs more to sustain a life than to end one. It’s still the right thing to do
Like doctor-assisted suicide, abortion is a false mercy. We have the opportunity to offer women more.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Ready, set, wed: A surge in weddings is coming this summer
Planning for joy can make us attentive to how we can better prep for future gatherings.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Treating parents equally shortchanges mothers
Pregnancy, childbirth and recovery are not gender-neutral processes. Leave policies shouldn’t be either.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
Volunteers in southeastern Poland help a refugee after fleeing the war from neighboring Ukraine.
Perspective
What should we do when need comes knocking?
A spare room, an extra set of towels, the clothes at the bottom of the drawer that rarely get worn, each of these superfluities make our everyday life feel a little more spacious.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Perspective: The Olympics should be about celebrating bodies, not destroying them
Competitions should never lose sight of the human beings performing the feats.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Perspective: The state can’t remain neutral on contentious issues like abortion
Arguments against Roe v. Wade aren’t just religious. Atheists have a stake in the case, too.
By Leah Libresco Sargeant