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"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
She was a teacher in Michigan.
Missouri officials are reporting a decline in vaccination rates among children in the state during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Take a look at my record, man. ... I have a record that is second to none. The NAACP has endorsed me every time I’ve run.”
“The recovery has been very strong,” Donald Trump said last week. Then the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. economy contracted between April and June at the fastest pace in nearly three-quarters of a century, which is as long as economists have been keeping track. The drop wiped ou…
“American Idiot.” The group Green Day came out with a song by that name years ago.
Missourians on Tuesday spoke their minds on Medicaid expansion.
'Hidden Figures' about hidden history
Agree or disagree on when to open schools, under what conditions and with what rules, there's one thing we should all be able to agree on right now: the need for transparency and openness as communities face tough decisions.
Recently, Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act, a bipartisan once-in-a-generation conservation effort that improves our national park infrastructure and permanently secures funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
There’s talk about renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama after the late Congressman John Lewis.
This time last year, the temperature in Nunavut, the faraway Canadian land of massive ice floes and tundra islands that make up the Arctic archipelago, soared above 73 degrees for the first time. This summer, some 1,480 miles from the territorial capital of Iqaluit, the editors of the Harvar…
Use Wednesdays to disinfect schools
Medicaid expansion will keep Missouri strong
There is a real possibility that, this coming week, Joe Biden will be selecting the 47th president of the United States.
If the protesters swarming the streets of Portland, Oregon, and other cities really want to defeat President Donald Trump, they might want to consider this suggestion: Go home.
We've not been shy in our support for expanding Medicaid in Missouri.
Seventy-five years ago today, what was left of the crew of the USS Indianapolis was spotted by a U.S. Navy PBY patrol plane. Hit by two torpedoes on her starboard side from a Japanese submarine just after midnight on July 30, the ship went down in 12 minutes, and roughly 900 sailors found th…
In the July 22 edition of The Joplin Globe, several letters to the editor addressed the COVID-19 pandemic. In case you missed it, the writers made some fine points worth repeating.
Medicaid expansion means cuts elsewhere
On Tuesday, we Missourians will decide the fate of Amendment 2 — Medicaid expansion.
As an advanced practice nurse in a rural primary care clinic, I feel fortunate to treat our nation’s heroes.
In the Tuesday primary election, Missouri voters will vote on an amendment to the Missouri Constitution to permanently expand Medicaid eligibility. Missouri Right to Life PAC opposes this amendment — Amendment 2 on the ballot — because it could open the door to taxpayer-funded abortions and …
A special session of the Missouri General Assembly convened on Tuesday, called by Gov. Mike Parson to take action on violent crime. While violent crime is an important issue facing Missouri’s largest cities, it isn’t the most important issue facing our state.
Editor’s note: This letter was sent to state Rep. Cody Smith, R-Carthage, and a copy provided to The Joplin Globe.
In this time of pandemic, it is easy to become afraid — afraid of losing our livelihoods, afraid of being evicted, afraid of not having health insurance, afraid of COVID-19.
Godspeed, Perseverance!
It is clear we have real racial problems in this country, problems that need to be worked through as we try to restore some semblance of harmony and understanding among the population.
The Joplin School District is running out of time. So are students, parents, teachers and staff who are anxious about the coronavirus and whether our schools will be safe zones.
We are watching a show. It’s important to keep that in mind.
Certain folks don’t want you to vote. They don’t want you to pay attention. A low voter turnout favors them carrying forward their agenda.
How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be about to find out.
President Donald Trump has said he has “no responsibility” for the coronavirus pandemic, fobbing it off on governors and mayors whose repeated requests for federal help he’s denied. Yet he’s now sending federal troops into cities he says are controlled by the “radical left,” even as mayors a…
With the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse under nightly siege from violent radicals and Portland's police hard-pressed to protect it, President Donald Trump sent in federal agents to secure the building.
Some in the Senate are resisting extending the $600-per-week unemployment benefit as part of the latest rescue bill. They want a $200 supplement until states can come up with something that reimburses unemployed workers for 70% of their lost income.
President Donald Trump has said many times that voting by mail — which will play a big role in this November’s presidential election — is vulnerable to fraud. “There is tremendous evidence of fraud whenever you have mail-in ballots,” Trump has noted. The November election, he added, “will be…
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched…
When Chris Wallace asked President Donald Trump on Fox if he would accept the results of the November election, the response was chilling. “I have to see,” Trump said. “I’m not going to just say ‘yes.’ I’m not going to say ‘no.’” As one reason for his reticence, he charged: “I think mail-in …
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched…
The first time I met John Lewis, in 2003, it was as the new girlfriend of his colleague in the House of Representatives. He had just sat down In a room full of dinner tables, but when he saw Sherrod and me walking toward him, John stood up and pulled me into a hug.
The Joplin School District is preparing to finalize its framework for how it will reopen its schools next month amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Taking a knee disrespects U.S.
As a pediatrician, I read the editorial “Take action for mothers” in The Joplin Globe (July 15) with more than a passing interest.
Missourians need Medicaid expansion
Among other rights — speech, religion, press, etc. — the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution addresses protests in no uncertain terms: “... The right of the people peaceably to assemble” shall not be abridged.
Not a day goes by that I don't read a letter or column from some poor soul espousing that President Donald Trump is the greatest threat to this nation in its history, that our “democracy” (they can't grasp that we're a constitutional republic, but I digress) is in peril, and that if he and h…
In the midst of a pandemic, an economic downturn and a contentious election campaign (when are they are not?) we still think there are many things for which we can all be thankful.
Civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a top aide to Martin Luther King Jr., died last week. In 1965, Lewis suffered a fractured skull when he led 600 civil rights workers on a peaceful protest that turned violent as Lewis and the protesters were attacked by the police on the Edmund …
I expected despair. I should have known better. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had just been eviscerated by the Supreme Court. So I called U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Geo., for whom passage of the act was the defining event of a heroic life, thinking his discouragement would mirror mine.
In The Joplin Globe, there was another article about Homer Cole. Homer passed away several weeks ago, and his funeral was attended by a huge number of his friends, myself included.
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WYANDOTTE, OK - Marilyn L. Convirs, 76, a bookkeeper for The Bunker and Convirs Used Cars, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2020. Graveside services 10 a.m. Friday at Seneca Cemetery. Arrangements by Campbell-Biddlecome Funeral Home, Seneca, MO.
JOPLIN, MO - Gary D. Copeland, 59, a driver for Republic Services, passed away Monday, August 3, 2020. Services are planned for a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Ozark Memorial Park Crematory, Joplin.
JOPLIN, MO - Frederick L. Meek, 73, owner of Best Lazy Drain, passed Friday, February 7, 2020. Burial was held at Fullerton Cemetery, Carthage.
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