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When Opioids Steal Your Parents. Plus. . .
Andrew Spear for The Free Press
Ben Kawaller meets Extinction Rebellion. Alexandr Wang’s case for meritocracy. Eli Lake on Project 2025. Caitlin Clark. And much more.
By Oliver Wiseman
06.17.24 — The Front Page
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On today’s Front Page from The Free Press: Ben meets more of America, the virtue of replacing DEI with “MEI,” and was Caitlin Clark snubbed? 

But first, our lead story.

West Virginia has the highest rate of opioid overdose deaths in the nation: half of all grandparents living with their grandchildren are also raising them. It’s an astonishing statistic. B…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is a senior editor and writer for The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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