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Frederick Douglass recognized that patriotism and criticism are not opposites but partners.
Large trucks turning right can sweep cyclists into their rear wheels in an instant. Understanding this deadly dynamic could save lives.
It’s an awful fact that it sometimes takes tragedies to coax officials into taking action.
We asked our three writers how we should think about Senator Lindsey Graham's legacy.
For those who don’t qualify for MassHealth, care can be unaffordable.
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The Republican South Carolina senator knew Trump was “unfit to serve.” That didn’t stop him from slavishly serving the president at...
We cannot afford comforting speeches that say one thing while public policy does another.
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"In the last three weeks we’ve seen too much violence, too much trauma, too much terror."
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Despite his various troubles, Platner has behaved like a would-be king still clinging to his throne.
As Congress sinks deeper into partisan paralysis, city leaders are finding pragmatic ways to solve problems and deliver results.
The upgrades will improve transit access and pedestrian and vehicular safety along the route.
Boston made a promise for rapid transit. After 40 years, it’s still broken.
They accomplished what warnings and signs could not.
Students who use AI to cheat in high school are only hurting themselves. Schools could be clearer in their rules.
Young voters are sounding the alarm over artificial intelligence. Instead of embracing Silicon Valley, Democrats should become the party of AI...
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Massachusetts should preserve citizen initiatives while cracking down on paid signature-gathering abuses.
I’ve been on medical leave and haven’t been able to write. But I have thoughts.
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Voters are tired of politics as usual. But anger at the system can only carry a candidate so far.
Americans whose families once fled hunger, persecution, and poverty now cheer policies that punish people escaping similar suffering.
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Justices Jackson, Kagan, and Sotomayor actually stick to the Constitution.
Conservatives say the Times softened its reporting to protect a Democratic Senate candidate. Having worked at the Times for 17 years, I see a...
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The allegations against Graham Platner expose an uncomfortable truth: Partisan loyalty often shapes which accusers we believe.
In this week's newsletter: Three writers reflect on Graham Platner’s scandal-plagued candidacy. Ed Markey shares some news with the Boston Globe...
An outdated state funding system forces cities and towns into overrides and service cuts while rewarding decades-old inequities.
Residents, businesses, investors, and the young know what Beacon Hill is in denial about: the Bay State’s unaffordability.
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The peculiar tyranny of a president who ruins everything.
Massachusetts mobilized to stop the Haverhill leak. It should bring that same urgency to combined sewer overflows.
For years, political analysts have treated populism as primarily a Republican phenomenon. That is a mistake.
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John O’Keefe, not Karen Read, should be the victim in the story of his death.
The wealth tax would do more than raise money. It could redefine how Americans think about extreme wealth.
Youth athletes offer the most revealing — and divided — verdict in a long-running fields fight.
After years leading organizations often cast as ideological rivals, we have come to believe that most American Jews still share common aspirations for...
From science labs to startups, the US is defined less by its founding moment than by constant reinvention.
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More than once, Representative Tom Kean Jr. has voted against paid leave.
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Digging deeper into the 194 pages of the opinion and its concurrences and dissents reveals much more about the court, the rule of law, and the state...
Democrats can’t hold Trump to account while ignoring their own ethical gray areas.
Old-fashioned ideology in France is blocking access to a pragmatic solution.
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Gerald Ford used the bicentennial to unite a fractured nation. Donald Trump is turning America’s 250th birthday into a celebration of himself.