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Wednesday, August 19, 2026 8:55 AM ET

UPI - Opinion

Voices - Severe flooding raises deadly overdose risk in rural Appalachia - Disasters weaken support systems that take years to rebuild, at the same time people caught in them are under extraordinary psychological stress.

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Takaichi's grand strategy is taking shape

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The Gradient Principle: When inequality becomes movement

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The reason many Americans are cutting ties with parents and siblings

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Quitting alcohol can increase the risk of compulsive drinking -- Alcohol abstinence alters brain activity in ways that may drive someone with alcohol use disorder to relapse, new research in mice suggests.

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Latin America's religious revolution is reshaping its politics -- For centuries, Catholicism was so deeply woven into Latin American identity that the two sometimes seemed inseparable.

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The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs -- Differences in beliefs may not be what drives people apart. A belief that someone else is wrong may be the stronger force.

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After the commodity boom, Latin America confronts its growth trap -- Renewed volatility in energy and commodity markets is again exposing a divide within Latin America.

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As oil profits skyrocket, calls for windfall taxes rise -- Oil companies are making massive profits and stockpiling cash, and holding off on changing their investment plans.

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The real question isn't why North Koreans don't resist -- People believe the first world they encounter is the normal one. For North Koreans, dictatorship is that kind of presence -- they way things are.

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America is debating socialism -- Latin America has been here before -- For most Latin Americans, the Democratic Socialists of America probably seems like a distant feature of domestic U.S. politics. That may be a mistake.

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New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers -- SignalTrace, a system marketed by the security company Leonardo, is designed to work alongside automatic license plate readers.

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Adam Smith and Christian morality -- This year marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith's masterpiece, "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations."

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Cyclospora spreads through human waste -- so how did it get on food? -- The nationwide cyclospora outbreak is very likely a result of sewage contamination in the food supply, scientific and public health researchers say.

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Unlike Washington, Tokyo bets on India -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit to New Delhi illustrates that while many capitals are hedging, Tokyo is doubling down on India.

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Venezuela: Two earthquakes that exposed institutional failure -- The extent of the damage from earthquakes depends on the quality of construction and whether safety standards are enforced.

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The typical gig worker is changing -- and struggling more than ever -- The next time you call an Uber ride or order food delivery, there's a good chance that the gig worker you meet is getting government benefits.

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's -- mental maps protect brain -- Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer's disease.

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How hackers attack city water systems -- and why they're vulnerable -- Hackers tried to break into at least 30 municipal water systems in Minnesota in July. Since then, several other states have reported similar attacks.

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World noticed Korea's chip schools before Korea did -- Foreign chip and equipment makers from South Korea and abroad court graduates of Chungbuk Semiconductor High School in a small Korean town.

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