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Alzheimer’s patients deserve to know their diagnosis

Alzheimer’s patients deserve to know their diagnosis

With HIV, the public learned that ignorance is not compassion. We should not have to learn that lesson twice.

yesterday 9

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Robert R. Redfield

New England’s forests are in trouble

New England’s forests are in trouble

Invasive pests and disease are killing off iconic tree species and altering the woods.

yesterday 8

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Phil Primack

Gloria Steinem taught us that our ambitions were valid

Gloria Steinem taught us that our ambitions were valid

She gave a generation of women the language, confidence, and solidarity to challenge a status quo that once seemed immovable.

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Nancy Gertner

Persis Yu's blueprint for challenging entrenched power on Beacon Hill

Persis Yu's blueprint for challenging entrenched power on Beacon Hill

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Marcela García

Persis Yu apostó por competir. Y ganó.

Persis Yu apostó por competir. Y ganó.

La candidata de Hyde Park derrotó a un senador con más de dos décadas en Beacon Hill a fuerza de presencia, contraste y contacto directo con los...

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Marcela García

Persis Yu's blueprint for challenging entrenched power on Beacon Hill

Persis Yu's blueprint for challenging entrenched power on Beacon Hill

Persis Yu has paved the way on how to take on the incumbents of Mass. legislature.

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Marcela García

The app that stole my name

The app that stole my name

An app designed to protect us from smart-glasses surveillance has an unexpected privacy problem: It’s named Zuckoff.

previous day 9

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Mitchell Zuckoff

Politics panel: Making sense of Tuesday’s primaries

Politics panel: Making sense of Tuesday’s primaries

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thursday 0

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Joan Vennochi

By rebuking Trump, MapQuest takes a turn toward resistance

By rebuking Trump, MapQuest takes a turn toward resistance

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Renée Graham

By rebuking Trump, MapQuest takes a turn toward resistance

By rebuking Trump, MapQuest takes a turn toward resistance

For the first time in a long time, I’m using MapQuest again.

thursday 0

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Renée Graham

How Democrats could lose a Senate seat in N.H.

How Democrats could lose a Senate seat in N.H.

John Sununu is betting that Granite Staters can dislike Trump and still vote for a familiar Republican — while tying Chris Pappas to the national...

thursday 20

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Kristin Tate

The NFL has a role in a better future for youth football

The NFL has a role in a better future for youth football

Americans aren’t ready to give up their football, and maybe they shouldn’t have to. But schools are better off without it.

thursday 10

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Stephen Lane

The quiet dismantling of the federal government

The quiet dismantling of the federal government

A federal tracker reveals how the administration is weakening the machinery of government.

thursday 10

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Renée Loth

A copy of my book was found in Lindsay Clancy’s kitchen. I’m here to set the record straight about intrusive thoughts.

A copy of my book was found in Lindsay Clancy’s kitchen. I’m here to set the record straight about intrusive thoughts.

A book title cannot tell us what a mother is thinking. And neither can the content of a frightening thought.

02.09.2026 2

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Karen Kleiman

Schools should drop football

Schools should drop football

As more and more evidence about the prevalence and risk of CTE emerges, we need to consider the possibility that there is no safe version of football...

02.09.2026 2

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Alan Wirzbicki

If you could do it over again, would you change anything, Seth Moulton?

If you could do it over again, would you change anything, Seth Moulton?

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01.09.2026 2

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Joan Vennochi

If you could do it over again, would you change anything, Seth Moulton?

If you could do it over again, would you change anything, Seth Moulton?

I saw him on Tuesday near my polling station, and here’s what he said.

01.09.2026 2

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Joan Vennochi

If Democrats win the House, Trump must be impeached

If Democrats win the House, Trump must be impeached

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01.09.2026 5

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Renée Graham

AI needs a Ten Commandments

AI needs a Ten Commandments

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly autonomous, we need a simple set of rules that everyone — not just technologists and lawyers — can...

01.09.2026 2

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L. Rafael Reif

If Democrats win the House, Trump must be impeached

If Democrats win the House, Trump must be impeached

Representative James Clyburn misreads the moment again.

01.09.2026 4

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Renée Graham

The four races I’m watching Tuesday night

The four races I’m watching Tuesday night

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01.09.2026 10

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Marcela García

The four races I’m watching Tuesday night

The four races I’m watching Tuesday night

A powerful incumbent, a crowded open seat, a lawmaker facing federal charges, and a 41-vote rematch make these the legislative races to watch on...

01.09.2026 10

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Marcela García

Why Charlie Baker is backing a Democrat for DA

Why Charlie Baker is backing a Democrat for DA

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31.08.2026 2

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Joan Vennochi

Here’s how to get your son to vote

Here’s how to get your son to vote

How do you reach a young man who has already checked out? Here are five things I have learned from listening to them.

31.08.2026 3

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John Della Volpe

Vic Mellor’s Cuba work complicates his ‘Rhode Island First’ campaign

Vic Mellor’s Cuba work complicates his ‘Rhode Island First’ campaign

The Republican congressional candidate has close ties to Cuba, but says he’s merely seeking future business opportunities.

31.08.2026 2

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Peter Laffin

Why Charlie Baker is backing a Democrat for DA

Why Charlie Baker is backing a Democrat for DA

The former governor left his office as a popular legislator — among everyone except his fellow Republicans.

31.08.2026 2

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Joan Vennochi

Don’t make it harder to vaccinate kids

Don’t make it harder to vaccinate kids

Splitting the MMR vaccine and requiring separate visits would add barriers for parents without adding evidence of a health benefit.

31.08.2026 10

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Ashish K. Jha

The Norfolk DA doesn’t serve Bellingham. So why can its residents vote in Tuesday’s primary?

The Norfolk DA doesn’t serve Bellingham. So why can its residents vote in Tuesday’s primary?

A 1980 law means that Bellingham’s residents vote for a DA that ultimately doesn’t serve them.

30.08.2026 20

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Editorial

Will Massachusetts lose its lead in medical breakthroughs?

Will Massachusetts lose its lead in medical breakthroughs?

The science exists right now, in labs at our research universities and in the minds of scientific entrepreneurs. The question is whether we’ll have...

29.08.2026 20

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Abbie Celniker

The BSO says it wants dialogue. So let’s have one.

The BSO says it wants dialogue. So let’s have one.

The fight over Andris Nelsons has grown into a larger question about transparency, accountability, and who gets a voice in the BSO’s future.

28.08.2026 7

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George A. Whiting

La maternidad de Dolly Parton no necesitó hijos

La maternidad de Dolly Parton no necesitó hijos

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28.08.2026 8

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Marcela García

La maternidad de Dolly Parton no necesitó hijos

La maternidad de Dolly Parton no necesitó hijos

Dolly Parton demostró que la maternidad y el legado pueden tomar muchas formas.

28.08.2026 5

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Marcela García

On Dolly Parton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring

On Dolly Parton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring

She never became a mother, and yet she mothered millions anyway — and showed the rest of us that a legacy doesn’t require descendants.

28.08.2026 8

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Marcela García

For a cancer patient, the day is a series of waiting rooms

For a cancer patient, the day is a series of waiting rooms

A morning at Dana-Farber reveals the strange common ground of cancer: the waiting, the uncertainty, and the small moments of humanity in between.

28.08.2026 20

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Joan Wickersham

Boston’s clocks can’t keep time

Boston’s clocks can’t keep time

The city’s historic public timepieces can run fast, slow, or somewhere in between. There’s a reason — and these two brothers know all about it.

27.08.2026 9

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Jason Margolis

Trump is trying to rig elections in a way only an autocrat could love

Trump is trying to rig elections in a way only an autocrat could love

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27.08.2026 9

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Trump is trying to rig elections in a way only an autocrat could love

Trump is trying to rig elections in a way only an autocrat could love

Dissenters bring clarity in the court’s confusing mail-in ballot ruling.

27.08.2026 9

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Lindsay Clancy is an outlier. But when should women worry?

Lindsay Clancy is an outlier. But when should women worry?

The case has captivated millions. Let’s use that attention to better understand postpartum mental illness.

27.08.2026 10

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Kara Bettis Carvalho

Who’s better on AI, Markey or Moulton? I asked ChatGPT.

Who’s better on AI, Markey or Moulton? I asked ChatGPT.

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26.08.2026 7

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Joan Vennochi

The Massachusetts primary races we’re watching

The Massachusetts primary races we’re watching

Our writers spotlight the primary contests to watch next Tuesday.

26.08.2026 9

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Right

Who’s better on AI, Markey or Moulton? I asked ChatGPT.

Who’s better on AI, Markey or Moulton? I asked ChatGPT.

The answer was more complicated than the candidates’ debate exchange suggested.

26.08.2026 8

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Joan Vennochi

The Supreme Court’s dangerous gift to Trump on mail-in voting

The Supreme Court’s dangerous gift to Trump on mail-in voting

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26.08.2026 10

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The Supreme Court’s dangerous gift to Trump on mail-in voting

The Supreme Court’s dangerous gift to Trump on mail-in voting

Trump’s executive order is one of the most audacious attacks on American democracy in the nation’s history.

26.08.2026 6

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Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Trump’s war on the press comes for Stars and Stripes

Trump’s war on the press comes for Stars and Stripes

The Pentagon’s purge of the military newspaper is a disgraceful assault on independent journalism.

26.08.2026 30

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Jill Abramson

The MAGA minions protect the ‘Epstein class’

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25.08.2026 9

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Renée Graham

The MAGA minions protect the ‘Epstein class’

Once obsessed with rooting out pedophiles, Trump supporters no longer seem interested in the Epstein files.

25.08.2026 10

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Renée Graham

Will Massachusetts hold police accountable for Flock camera abuse?

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25.08.2026 20

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Marcela García

Will Massachusetts hold police accountable for Flock camera abuse?

Flock cameras are tracking hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts drivers. Is anyone tracking the police who misuse them?

25.08.2026 10

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Marcela García

Why Adam Deitch is Karen Read’s candidate for Norfolk DA

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24.08.2026 10

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Joan Vennochi

Clancy case should force us to ask: Who cares for new mothers?

For centuries, new mothers were surrounded by family and community. Today, too many are left isolated at the moment they need help most.

24.08.2026 10

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Tina Cassidy