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‘Save me’: Why Massachusetts must pass the Medical Civil Rights Act

My brother died during a mental health crisis, the last of many police encounters.

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Katelyn Reilly Hand

Why US policy toward the West Bank is at a turning point

The Trump administration’s ambassador and other Republican officials are signaling openness to expanding Israeli settlements.

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Scott M. Feltman

To end abuses, eliminate ICE and give the money to police

Abolishing ICE would not end all deportations. But it would make them much more dependent on state and local cooperation, which would be a...

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Ilya Somin

Playing politics with vaccines and public health

As long as they are intertwined, it will be hard to regain trust.

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Joan Vennochi

Where will White Stadium fans park?

They just want some assurance that game days won’t turn into traffic nightmares.

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Alan Wirzbicki

Courageous women, craven president

Epstein survivors aren’t intimidated by Trump calling government files on the convicted sex offender a “hoax.”

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Renée Graham

Here comes the bridal panhandler

Bachelorette parties flood small businesses with shameless requests for free merchandise.

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Jeff Jacoby

Trump needs someone who knows urban issues — but maybe not Eric Adams

Hearing from experienced leaders with track records of real results that go beyond optics could potentially lead to solutions that are popular with...

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Eugene Scott

My stock sale ordeal shows why Congress needs a trading ban

Members of Congress should not be spending their time tracking investments, making trades, or filing financial disclosures. We should be doing the...

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Lori Trahan

Is this the end of Palestinian statehood?

The Netanyahu government’s approval of a huge West Bank settlement fits into a broader push toward annexation.

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Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

Coming this October to the SCOTUS: The Trump term

The Supreme Court can’t stay on the sidelines much longer.

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

My junk mail is obsessed with my decline and death

Too many of the messages in my mailbox exhort me to wrap it up.

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Karen Stabiner