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1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Mario Tama, Getty Images

   Commentary: A Paramount-Warner merger will hurt Hollywood and people of color (opens the original)

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   Two of the five biggest studios in America want to become one. If Paramount is allowed to absorb Warner Bros. Discovery, a single company will control roughly a third of the movies that reach theaters and roughly a third of basic cable programming, along with two of the largest streaming services and two national news organizations, CBS News and CNN, under the same roof. That outcome moved closer on Monday, as reports emerged that Paramount had reached a settlement deal with California Attorney

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2. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Mario Tama, Getty Images file

   Commentary: Night shifts are deadly, not just inconvenient (opens the original)

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   During his 26 years as a night-shift nurse, Ed Collum watched colleagues nod off mid-conversation, battle chronic illnesses and, too often, die young from cancer, stroke or suicide. Collum puts it bluntly: “The night shift is not good for you.” The science backs him up. Shift work, especially overnight and rotating schedules, is a major biological stressor. Yet workplace policy still treats it mostly as a scheduling inconvenience, compensated — if at all — with a small hourly premium, ra

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