Greedy executives, meet the babies you hurt

Help the kids by jailing the suits. 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The babies cry and puke, writhe and shriek. They don’t eat or sleep. Volunteer “cuddlers” try to console them, but they are inconsolable. These babies are among 14 percent of West Virginia babies who are a reflection of the failures of America’s drug policy. We can do so much more to address this problem, and that should also involve not just lawsuits against drug companies but also sending some of these executives to prison. [Please read my column on these babies](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8wNy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9iYWJpZXMtb3Bpb2lkLWFkZGljdGlvbi13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwOTA3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMjIzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4MzMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAfTgB0XV-HU-ZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) and lessons learned. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTYxOTg3JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MDkwN1cDbnl0QgoAH04AdF1fh1PmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ You may remember that an extraordinary Palestinian kid from Lebanon arrived in Boston’s Logan Airport to begin his freshman year at Harvard — only to be quizzed about his religion and the social media posts of his friends, and then to have his visa canceled and be sent back. Fortunately, he was admitted and began classes this past week, but in tweeting about it, I was struck again by the venom toward foreign students. Emerald Robinson, a right wing journalist, responded: “American universities exist to educate American students — not elite Palestinians.” As I [tweeted back,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0TUaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9OaWNrS3Jpc3RvZi9zdGF0dXMvMTE2ODg5ODYyMDAxMzMyNjMzNj90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA5MDc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyMjMmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjgzMyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKAB9OAHRdX4dT5lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)foreign students enrich our campuses and our country, but I think this nativism runs deep. I met Governor Steve Bullock of Montana, one of the Democrats running for president, for the first time and was impressed by his intellect and political skills, but he said something sobering: “We’re well on our way to losing this election before it starts.” He argued that when Democratic candidates call for taking away the private health insurance of 160 million Americans, or for providing health coverage for people who slip through the border fence, that pushes people who are on the fence into the hands of Republicans. I don’t think he’s quite right that the Democrats are on the way to re-electing President Trump, but I share his concern that many Democrats are in a bubble and aren’t thinking enough about how to win voters in places like Wisconsin and Ohio, for the presidency as well as for the Senate. I sat down that same day with another Democratic candidate, John Delaney, to moderate [a discussion at the Council on Foreign Relations,](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0S1aHR0cDovL3lvdXR1LmJlL1lFb0ZuUVlFR0wwP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkwNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjIyMyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2ODMzJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAH04AdF1fh1PmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and Delaney told the story of his grandfather immigrating to the United States in 1923. The grandfather arrived on Ellis Island at age 13 with seven siblings but was separated on arrival because he had lost an arm in a childhood injury; immigrants were then barred if they had a disability. So his parents and brothers and sisters were admitted, but he was prepared for deportation. Then he had an appeal hearing — and in walked a judge who had only one arm. That’s when the grandfather knew that he would become an American. There’s much discussion of voter suppression in America, but the evidence is often anecdotal. Fortunately, [a new study](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0S-aHR0cHM6Ly9hcnhpdi5vcmcvcGRmLzE5MDkuMDAwMjQucGRmP3RlPTEmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDE5MDkwNz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjIyMyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2ODMzJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MlcDbnl0QgoAH04AdF1fh1PmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) uses cellphone location data to provide robust data that black voters face much longer waits at the polls than white voters. The study found that residents of all-black neighborhoods were 74 percent more likely to spend 30 or more minutes at a polling place than residents of all-white neighborhoods. ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9MTI4ODA4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDE5MDkwN1cDbnl0QgoAH04AdF1fh1PmUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ Good for Walmart for ending the sale of ammunition for military-style rifles. This is important because there are perhaps 15 million of these weapons across the United States, and they will last a century or more. But ammunition doesn’t keep as well, and limiting ammunition is a way to reduce the toll of the guns that use them. It’s notable that Switzerland has assault rifles in homes across the country, but they are almost never used in crimes because the ammunition is tightly controlled. One of the parts of the world I worry about most is the Sahel belt in West Africa from Chad to Mauritania; there is a significant risk that Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali or other countries will become failed states. So it’s good to see Congress doing something helpful by moving on the Global Fragility Act, S. 727, which has passed the House and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Backed by Chris Coons, Lindsey Graham and other senators, it provides funding to work with partners to support designated fragile states. Preventing collapse is so much better than trying to quell war and terrorism afterward. This is the first summer in many years that I haven’t written a column about backpacking the Pacific Crest Trail. That’s because I finished it last year with my daughter. If you missed the piece we wrote together — with her dissing me quite lovingly — I think you’ll like [reading it.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0TjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmFja3BhY2tlci5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy9ncm93aW5nLXVwLW9uLXRoZS1wY3QtbmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZj90ZT0xJm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAxOTA5MDc_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTIyMjMmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNjgzMyZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTJXA255dEIKAB9OAHRdX4dT5lIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) And [here’s my column about babies born dependent on opioids](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRfVoVOP0T2aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxOS8wOS8wNy9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9iYWJpZXMtb3Bpb2lkLWFkZGljdGlvbi13ZXN0LXZpcmdpbmlhLmh0bWw_dGU9MSZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMTkwOTA3P2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEyMjIzJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTY4MzMmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyVwNueXRCCgAfTgB0XV-HU-ZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) — one every 15 minutes in America. 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