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The global response to the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Accord, the letter that helped fuel the opioid crisis, the history of school-bathroom controversies, and more
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After Paris: In the aftermath of President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord, many world leaders have expressed disappointment in the U.S. and reaffirmed their own commitment to the pact. Perhaps more than any other problem facing the world, climate change demands a collective solution—and as Uri Friedman argues, Trump’s withdrawal marks a dangerous return to a worldview in which every nation is concerned only with itself. But some state and local governments say they’ll work to uphold on their own, which is part of why .

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